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An American aid worker and his Pakistani driver have been shot dead by unidentified men in northeast Pakistan.
The killings were carried out in an affluent district of the city of Peshawar on Wednesday morning. Wes Robertson, a spokesman for the US embassy, said: "I can confirm that an American citizen and his Pakistani driver were killed in the attack." The pair were driving to work in a car belonging to an organisation involved in a US-funded development programme in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. A US embassy spokesman said: "The attack is currently under investigation and we are co-ordinating with the local authorities." School blast The killings come amid reports of a suicide blast, also in the northeast. The bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the gates of a school in the Subhan Khaur village. The school was not occupied by any children, but was being used by security forces battling pro-Taliban fighters in the region. "At least three paramilitary soldiers have been killed in the suicide attack," said Marjan Ali, a police official.
"It was a large vehicle. Body parts of the suicide bomber and the wreckage of the vehicle was scattered on the site."
Subhan Khaur borders the Mehmand district, one of seven tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
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