China has shown a willingness to assist in mediating a resolution between Pakistan and Iran following a string of attacks by both governments on militant targets across their respective borders, resulting in fatalities on both sides. Two toddlers were killed and three girls were injured in the late-night missile strike that Iran launched without warning. The “unprovoked” attack was sharply denounced by Pakistan’s Foreign Office, which claimed that Tehran had infringed on the nation’s sovereignty. In the meantime, Pakistan launched an attack overnight in retaliation to the strikes that Iran claimed hit a militant outfit, killing many militant targets who lived in the Iranian border region. Tehran reports that the Islamabad bombing had killed at least seven civilians.