Child dies in crossfire

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistani security personnel shot dead 22 alleged militants in clashes in the northwest this week, the military said on Friday, with a 10-year-old child also killed in the crossfire.

On Tuesday “a joint military operation was conducted by security forces and law enforcement agencies” in Khyber district near the border with Afghanistan in which the militants were killed, a military media wing statement said.