The Pakistani army said that eight militants have been killed and 16 others have been injured in an attack on military checkpoints near the Afghan border.Radio Pakistan reported, citing local sources, that a group of militants carried out an attack last night on military checkpoints along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The report mentioned that the Pakistani security forces were able to repel the attack, resulting in the death of eight militants and the injury of 16 others from the militant group.Armed elements often attempt to infiltrate the land border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in both directions. The authorities in the two neighboring countries seek to control the borders through preemptive combing operations.Source: Qatar News Agency