Three US Marines are among at least 10 people killed in an attack on a convoy near a school in north-west Pakistan.
Police said around 70 people, including 63 school girls and another US soldier, were injured in the roadside bombing in Lower Dir, near the Afghan border.
The soldiers were believed to have been training Pakistan’s Frontier Corps in counter-insurgency against the Taliban.
The attack comes amid a major government offensive against Taliban militants in the area.
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Pakistan blast kills US Marines
Three US Marines are among at least 10 people killed in an attack on a convoy near a school in north-west Pakistan.
Police said around 70 people, including 63 school girls and another US soldier, were injured in the roadside bombing in Lower Dir, near the Afghan border.
The soldiers were believed to have been training Pakistan’s Frontier Corps in counter-insurgency against the Taliban.
The attack comes amid a major government offensive against Taliban militants in the area.
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