The insurgents were spotted and killed near the former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban near North Waziristan, a district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province along the Afghan border. View o

Pakistan’s military says its security forces overnight killed 54 militants who attempted to cross into the country from neighboring Afghanistan.

Separately, India has accused Pakistan of supporting “cross-border terrorism” after gunmen killed 26 people on April 22 in the worst attack on civilians in the contested Kashmir region in years. Islamabad has denied any involvement.