US Soldiers Killed In Blast

Adding to President Asif Ali Zardari's woes, a February 3 bomb blast killed three US soldiers in the Lower Dir region of Pakistan. The blast also killed three children and wounded more than 100. The Pakistani government has repeatedly denied that it cooperates with US forces, and regularly denounces US drone attacks within the country. However, many suspect that the Pakistani government is actually complicit in these unpopular operations. The development that the US troops were training Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps will undoubtedly hurt the government, particularly the country's already vulnerable president.

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