PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A bomb blast in northwest Pakistan killed eight people Wednesday, including three US soldiers and children at the opening of a school which just been rebuilt after an attack.
The US troops, whom the US embassy said were training paramilitary soldiers, were travelling in a convoy with local troops, journalists and officials to the opening ceremony of the girls' school when the bomb exploded.
It appears to be the first time American soldiers have been killed in such an attack in Pakistan, a key US ally on the frontline of the war on Al-Qaeda where Islamist militants have killed around 3,000 people since July 2007.
At least 65 people, most of them schoolgirls and some journalists, were wounded in Wednesday's bombing in the district of Lower Dir, where Pakistan last year launched an assault to drive out Taliban militants advancing across the area.
"Three US soldiers attached to the FC (Frontier Corps) as trainers were killed in the blast," Pakistani military spokesman Major General Athar abbass said.
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