The Pakistani military is under strain on several fronts as it also faces the possibility of armed conflict with India.

Pakistani security forces overnight killed 54 militants who attempted to cross into the country from Afghanistan, the military said Sunday, marking one of the deadliest such killings in recent

Pakistan has levelled another bizarre and baseless allegation against India, claiming the terrorists who were gunned down by its security forces while trying to infiltrate through the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were acting on the behest of their "foreign masters".