Islamabad, Nov 10 (AP) Pakistani security forces killed 20 Pakistani Taliban insurgents in raids on hideouts in the northwest region bordering Afghanistan, the military said Monday, as tensions between the two countries escalated.

Pakistan’s military described the slain militants as “Khwarij," a term the government uses for the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by both the United States and the United Nations.

According to the military statement, eight militants were killed Sunday in North Waziristan, a former TTP stronghold in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and 12 others were killed in a separate raid in the Dara Adam Khel district, also in the northwest. (AP) RD RD (This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published f

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