The February 2010 Lower Dir bombing was a suicide bombing in the Lower Dir District area of Pakistan on 3 February 2010.[1] At least 8 people, including three American soldiers, died. Three schoolgirls were among the dead.[2] Another 70 people, including 63 schoolgirls, were among the injured.[1]
Attack
The soldiers were travelling in a convoy and headed for the inauguration of a girls' school. They were part of a contingent of approximately 70 soldiers training Pakistani soldiers in counter-insurgency.[3] The bomb went off near another girls' school in the village of Koto along the way. The Koto Girls High School was flattened, leaving the girls crying under the rubble.[1] The American soldiers were helping train the Pakistan Frontier Corps.[4]
Aftermath
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the bombing. They claimed that the attack was in retaliation for the October 2008 attack by Blackwater Worldwide in Peshawar.[5] Pakistan arrested 35 people in connection with this bombing.[6] However, a backlash against U.S. troop presence in Pakistan did not happen against some analysts' predictions.[3]
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References
- ^ a b c Pakistan blast kills US soldiers, BBC, 2010-02-03
- ^ eight including three U.S. Marines killed in Pakistani bomb attack, Xinhua News Agency, 2010-02-03
- ^ a b US troop presence in Pakistan meets surprisingly muted response, The Christian Science Monitor, 2010-02-04
- ^ Three U.S. soldiers die in Pakistan blast, CNN, 2010-02-03
- ^ Pakistani Taliban claim bombing that killed 3 Americans, CNN, 2010-02-04
- ^ Pakistan Arrests 35 in U.S. Soldiers’ Deaths, The New York Times, 2010-02-05
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