QUETTA : A militant group on Saturday claimed it has kidnapped 28 Iranian border security personnel soldiers and demanded release of its jailed activists.

A spokesman for Jundullah, Maulvi Abdul Rauf told reporters at Quetta press club over phone from an undisclosed place that the group is holding the Iranian border security men.

TV channels also quoted the spokesman as reporting that 12 of 28 of security men have been freed and 16 are still in the groups custody.

Jundullah is a militant organization that is based in Balochistan and it is considered to be a part of the Baloch insurgency in Pakistan and in Irans Sistan and Baluchistan Province.

The group has been identified as a terrorist organization by Iran and Pakistan. Some believe the group is linked to al Qaeda.

Abdul Rauf demanded the release of upto 200 Jundullahs activists in Iranian jails to free Iranian border security men.

The TV channel quoted the Jundullah spokesman as saying that three officers are among the hostages.

The report said that the group spokesman set two weeks time for the release of its supports otherwise they would kill the hostages.

The spokesman said that the group has conveyed its demands to the Iranian authorities and awaits response. NNI (News Network International), 2008

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