KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani official says security forces killed 14 militants in fighting with the insurgents in a tribal region near the Afghan border.
Local administrator Maqsood Khan says four government soldiers were wounded in the Sunday morning clash in Mohmand tribal area, but none killed.
The army has staged multiple offensives in Pakistan’s northwest aimed at taking out the Pakistani Taliban in recent years. Its efforts against the group, which is distinct from but linked to the Afghan Taliban, appear to have had some success but violence persists.
