Posted on 02/03/2010 5:27:28 AM PST by Cardhu
Three US soldiers are among at least 10 people killed when a blast hit a convoy near a school in north-west Pakistan.
Police said around 70 people, including 63 school girls and a US soldier, were injured in the bombing in Lower Dir.
The soldiers were believed to have been training Pakistan's Frontier Corps in counter-insurgency operations.
The two governments deny substantial numbers of US troops are based inside Pakistan, where public opinion is strongly opposed to their presence.
The US embassy has declined to comment on the killings.
Taliban presence
Military spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas told the BBC that the US personnel were attached to the Frontier Corps as military trainers.
Pakistan's Frontier Corps is a paramilitary force responsible for operations against militants in the volatile north-west, near the Afghan border.
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