Pakistan security forces kill 35 militants in raids on Pakistani Taliban

Twelve soldiers also killed during raids on two TTP hideouts on border with Afghanistan

Fierce clashes broke out in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan when Pakistani security forces raided two hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban, killing 12 soldiers and 35 militants, the military said on Saturday.

Twenty-two militants were killed in the first raid in Bajaur, a district in north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Thirteen more were killed in a separate operation in South Waziristan district.