U.S.-led forces killed 24 suspected Islamist militants on the Pakistan side of the Afghan border, Pakistan's military spokesman said on Friday. The encounter occurred late on Thursday near Lowara Mandi, a border village in the North Waziristan tribal region, Major-General Shaukat Sultan told private Geo television. Additional: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani troops on Friday found the bodies of 24 suspected Taliban fighters who were killed in overnight fighting with U.S. and Afghan soldiers inside Afghanistan, an army spokesman said.
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"They were killed at some stage last night in fighting with (U.S.-led) coalition forces and Afghan forces," Sultan said. He said he believed the fighters may have been trying to enter Pakistan when they were killed. "We alerted our troops to stop anyone from entering into Pakistani territory but the Pakistan army was not involved in any shooting," he said from Rawalpindi, a city near Islamabad where the army is headquartered.