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

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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 the Pakistan

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Aftermath

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

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. 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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