ISLAMABAD, 13th September, 2025 (WAM) -- At least 12 soldiers were killed in an ambush by the Pakistani Taliban in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, local government and security officials told AFP. A military convoy was passing through a town in South Waziristan district at around 4:00 am when "armed men opened fire from both sides with heavy weapons", killing 12 security personnel and wounding four, a local government official said. A security officer stationed in the area confirmed the death toll and said the attackers had seized the convoy's weapons.