Afghanistan, April 1 -- Pakistan's military says 13 militants from Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan were killed in two separate clashes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, underscoring continuing violence in the northwest.
In a statement issued Wednesday, the army said the operations took place earlier this week in Khyber and Bannu districts, two areas that have repeatedly seen militant activity. According to the military, 10 militants were killed in Khyber district and three others were killed in a separate clash in Bannu district.
The military did not provide details on whether Pakistani troops suffered casualties in the operations, and no independent confirmation of the reported militant deaths was immediately available. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TT...