Attack on Pakistani outpost near Afghan border kills 5 soldiers, 5 militants

FILE - Police officers examine the site of suicide bombing at a highway in Shangla, district in the Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, March 26, 2024. A suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan killed five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver, officials said.

Heavily armed militants attacked a Pakistan security outpost near the border with Afghanistan early Monday, resulting in the deaths of five soldiers and five assailants in the ensuing firefight.