Pakistan ( Security Forces Kill 35 Insurgents in Pakistan )

ISLAMABAD – The security forces killed 35 insurgents in an operation in northwest Pakistan, the army said Sunday.

The operation took place in the Maidan section of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan as well as Pakistan’s rugged tribal areas.

Pakistani security forces took positions being held by insurgents in the area, the army said.

Never completely under the control of the central government, the seven tribal agencies, as they are known, have become a haven for elements of the Taliban along with other jihadists and militants, and the violence often spills over into Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.