India, Oct. 26 -- Five Pakistani soldiers and 25 militants were reportedly killed in clashes near the Afghanistan border, the Pakistani military said on Sunday. The violence occurred even as delegations from both countries met in Istanbul to ease tensions following an earlier series of clashes.

The Pakistani military claimed that militants attempted to cross from Afghanistan on Friday and Saturday into Pakistan's Kurram and North Waziristan districts, rugged areas along the northwestern frontier.

Pakistan's military media wing told news agency Reuters that the infiltrations raised doubts about "the intentions of the government in Afghanistan in regards to addressing the issue of terrorism emanating from its soil."

This comes as earlier...