ISTANBUL At least 12 Pakistani soldiers were killed during an exchange of fire with terrorists in northwestern Pakistan, the military said in a statement on Saturday. The military's media wing said 35 terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed during two separate military operations from Sept. 10-13. In the first operation in Bajaur district, 22 militants were killed, while during the second encounter in South Waziristan, 12 soldiers and 13 militants were