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| Foreigners die in Pakistan blast | Foreigners die in Pakistan blast |
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| Police say three Western aid workers are among at least six people killed after a roadside bomb hit a convoy in north-west Pakistan. | Police say three Western aid workers are among at least six people killed after a roadside bomb hit a convoy in north-west Pakistan. |
| A group of journalists and aid workers was travelling in an army convoy to the opening of a girls school in the Lower Dir area when it was hit. | A group of journalists and aid workers was travelling in an army convoy to the opening of a girls school in the Lower Dir area when it was hit. |
| At least 45 people, including school girls, were injured in the blast. | At least 45 people, including school girls, were injured in the blast. |
| Pakistani troops carried out a major offensive in the area last year to crush Taliban militants. | Pakistani troops carried out a major offensive in the area last year to crush Taliban militants. |
| The BBC's Mark Dummett says the convoy was heading to the inauguration ceremony of a new girls' school, but that the blast occurred near a different school. | The BBC's Mark Dummett says the convoy was heading to the inauguration ceremony of a new girls' school, but that the blast occurred near a different school. |
| A powerful device was detonated as the convoy drove past a school in Koto, a heavily populated village along the route, injuring several children there. | A powerful device was detonated as the convoy drove past a school in Koto, a heavily populated village along the route, injuring several children there. |
| The convoy was on its way to Maidan, an area of Lower Dir district in North West Frontier Province, which is the base of a pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Sufi Mohammad, and a stronghold of Taliban militants. | The convoy was on its way to Maidan, an area of Lower Dir district in North West Frontier Province, which is the base of a pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Sufi Mohammad, and a stronghold of Taliban militants. |