The February 2010 Lower Dir bombing was a suicide bombing in the

Lower Dir District Lower Dir District ( ps, لر / کوز دير ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Timergara city is the district headquarter and largest city. The district was formed in 1996, when Dir District was di ...

area of

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on 3 February 2010.Pakistan blast kills US soldiers

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, 2010-02-03 At least 8 people, including three American soldiers, died. Three schoolgirls were among the dead. Another 70 people, including 63 schoolgirls, were among the injured.

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. 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. The American soldiers were helping train Pakistan

Frontier Corps The Frontier Corps ( ur, , reporting name: FC), are a group of paramilitary forces of Pakistan, operating in the provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to maintain law and order while overseeing the country's borders with Afghanista ...

Aftermath

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claimed responsibility for the bombing. They claimed that the attack was in retaliation of October 2008 attack by

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Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

. Pakistan arrested 35 people in connection with this bombing.Pakistan Arrests 35 in U.S. Soldiers’ Deaths

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, 2010-02-05 However a backlash against U.S. troop presence in Pakistan did not happen against some analysts predictions.US troop presence in Pakistan meets surprisingly muted response

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, 2010-02-04

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