Pakistan’s army says it killed 30 fighters trying to cross Afghan border

Pakistani soldiers walk on a hilltop post near Ladha, a town in the Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan along the Afghan border [File: Anjum Naveed/AP]

Pakistan’s army has said it has killed 30 fighters who tried to cross the border from Afghanistan, just days after a suicide attack in the same region killed 16 Pakistani soldiers.

The fighters, who all died in the last three days, belonged to the Pakistan Taliban or its affiliates, according to the Pakistani military, which praised its troops for preventing “a potential catastrophe” on Friday.