INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pakistan&s army said in a statement it has killed 16 militants along the country&s western border with Afghanistan.According to a statement
issued by Pakistan&s army on Sunday, border troops killed all the militants in an exchange of gunfire during the night on Saturday in North
Waziristan district, Reuters reported.Own troops effectively engaged and thwarted their attempt to infiltrate [Pakistan],& the army said in
the statement.Islamabad says that militants who attack inside Pakistan, and against the army have safe havens in Afghanistan, a charge Kabul
denies.The incident took place as Pakistan&s Special Representative for Afghanistan Sadiq Khan is on a two-day official visit to Kabul to
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