TEHRAN – In a statement on Thursday, the government of Pakistan condemned the attacks by the terrorist Jaish al-Adl group in the cities of Rask and Chabahar in the border province of Sistan-Baluchestan in southeast Iran.

“Pakistan openly condemns the despicable and cowardly attack on security and police headquarters in the cities of Rask and Chabahar,” the Pakistani government said in a statement.

According to the Tasnim news agency, in the attacks on military outposts 10 security forces were martyred and 44 others injured.

“From the bottom of heart we offer condolences to the bereaved families and wish recovery of the injured,” the statement by the Pakistan government said.

It also said Pakistan will fully continue cooperation with the people of Iran in the campaign against terrorism.

Elsewhere in the statement, the government said Pakistan “condemns any form of terrorism and is seriously worried about terrorist moves in the region.”

These actions that are threat to the region and the world entail “tough response,” Pakistan declared.

The office governor in Sistan-Baluchestan said on Thursday that terrorist attack on military posts in the border province were thwarted.

The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps said in a statement that 18 terrorists were killed.