Islamist militants attacked a Pakistani military outpost near the Afghan border, killing at least five soldiers in the ensuing fire exchange, officials said on Monday. At least five militants were also killed in the gun battle that lasted for hours, local official Attaullah Shah told dpa. The latest attack occurred in the mountainous region of Khyber that borders Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the early morning attack that came a day after five militants and two soldiers were killed in a shoot-out in the same region. The Pakistani Taliban, a …