PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants killed nine Pakistani troops in separate attacks in Pakistan’s northwest, security officials said Friday. The assaults happened in the tribal districts of North and South Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan.

Militants opened fire on a security post in northwest Pakistan late on Thursday, killing at least six personnel, the military said in a statement on Friday. (Reporting by Gibran Peshimam; Writing by Shivam Patel;