Pakistani security forces kill six militants in two shootouts near the Afghan border

Pakistan's military says its security forces have faced off with militants in two separate shootouts in the restive northwest near Afghanistan, killing six insurgents. A militant commander was killed in the first overnight raid in North Waziristan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said in a statement on Monday. It said five other insurgents were killed in the second raid in the nearby South Waziristan district when a group of Pakistani Taliban tried to sneak into Pakistan from Afghanistan. Pakistan often accuses Kabul of turning a blind eye to militants operating near the frontier, which the Afghan authorities deny.