Pakistan kills 16 fighters amid rising Afghanistan border tensions | News

Pakistan says all fighters killed overnight in North Waziristan while urging Afghan government to secure its borders.

Pakistan’s army has said its forces killed 16 armed fighters along the country’s western border with Afghanistan.

Pakistan has “consistently been asking the Interim Afghan Government to ensure effective border management on their side of the border”, according to an army statement Sunday.

Border troops killed all the fighters in an exchange of fire during the night…