(AP Photo)The Pakistani military says a soldier was killed in an overnight shootout with militants in the northwest along the border with AfghanistanISLAMABAD -- A Pakistani soldier was killed in an overnight shootout with militants in the country's northwest, near the border with Afghanistan, the military said. The shootout took place days after Pakistan closed the key northwestern Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan after border guards from the two sides exchanged fire Wednesday. Clashes that same day in the northwestern Chitral district near the border killed four Pakistani soldiers and 12 militants. Pakistani authorities said they were in talks with the Afghan interim government over the Torkham border clash and increasing cross-border militant attacks. On Sunday, the military said a shootout a day earlier in Ursoon, Chitral, killed seven militants and critically injured another six.

Source: ABC News September 10, 2023 13:28 UTC