8 insurgents, 2 kids dead in Pakistani military raid near Afghan border

Pakistani security forces attacked a militant hideout near the Afghan border on Wednesday, following a gunfight that killed eight insurgents and two children and wounded two soldiers, the army said.

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It was not clear who killed the two children killed in the fire during the raid on the checkpoint in South Waziristan, a district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Pakistani security forces killed ten people, including two children, in a raid on an insurgent hideout. (Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images)

The army, in its statement about the violence, did not identify the militant group to which the slain insurgents belonged.

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South Waziristan served as a base for the Pakistani Taliban and other militants until a few years ago, when the army said it cleared the area of ​​insurgents. But occasional attacks have continued.

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The Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, is a separate insurgent group from the Afghan Taliban, although terrorist groups from Pakistan are often linked across the border in Afghanistan.