Pakistan kills 6 after coming under attack near Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani security forces have killed six militants and thwarted seven attempts to target military posts in a northwestern tribal region and a border village in the southwest near Afghanistan.

Five troops were wounded in the two cross-border attacks Sunday in the Bajur tribal region and in the village of Qamar Din Qarez in Baluchistan province.

The military said in a statement Sunday their troops repulsed both attacks.

A security official said Monday the troops who were targeted had been fencing the border to check the militants’ movement.