Pakistan has condemned the Iranian missile attack on its territory.

 Pakistan has condemned the Iranian missile attack on its territory.

Iran apparently launched a missile attack on militant positions in western Pakistan that killed two children, officials in Islamabad said.

 The operation targeted the militant group Jaish al-Adli, which Tehran's foreign minister described as an "Iranian terrorist group" in Pakistan.
The attack took place in Balochistan, and follows Iran's attacks on targets in Iraq and Syria earlier this week.
Pakistani officials said two children were killed and three others were injured.
Islamabad said the attack was "illegal" and warned of "serious consequences".
However, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian, speaking in Davos, insisted that no Pakistani nationals were targeted, only members of Jaish-ul-Adl.
"We only targeted Iranian terrorists on Pakistani soil," said Mr. Amir Abdullahian.
He added that he has spoken to his Pakistani counterpart and assured them that we respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan and Iraq.
The latest airstrike comes at a time of heightened tensions in the Middle East, with a war in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.
Tehran says it does not want to get into a wider conflict. But its so-called "axis resistance" groups, which include Houthi militants in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon and various groups in Syria and Iraq, have been attacking Israel and its allies in solidarity with the Palestinians. are The United States and Britain have launched airstrikes against the Houthis following an attack on commercial shipping.
China on Wednesday urged Pakistan and Iran to exercise "restraint" and "avoid actions that could escalate tensions". Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning added that Beijing views these countries as "close neighbors".
Perhaps inspired by recent deadly attacks on home soil, Iran is intent on retaliating against those it deems responsible.
At a time of heightened regional tensions, Iran is keen to demonstrate its strength and demonstrate to its population that acts of violence will not go unpunished.
Iran has demonstrated missile capability with regional strikes.
Tuesday's strike in Pakistan targeted a village in the southwestern border province of Balochistan. Tehran said it was targeting Jaish al-Adl, or the "Army of Justice," an ethnic Baloch Sunni Muslim group that has carried out attacks inside Iran as well as against Pakistani government forces.
Last December, Jaish-ul-Adl attacked a police station in Rask, a town near the border with Pakistan.
Two weeks ago, Iran suffered its worst domestic attack since the Islamic revolution, when two bomb blasts in Kerman killed 84 people at a commemoration of the US killing of Iran's notorious Revolutionary Guards General Qassem Soleimani.