02-04-2010, 11:38 AM
This is really news,
[url="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/14-pakistan-deaths-underscore-sensitive-us-mission-zj-01"]Dir bombing draws focus to US presence in Pakistan[/url]
[url="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/14-pakistan-deaths-underscore-sensitive-us-mission-zj-01"]Dir bombing draws focus to US presence in Pakistan[/url]
Quote:US defense officials say, in all, there are some 200 US military personnel in Pakistan, including troops that guard the sprawling American embassy in Islamabad.
Among them are more than 100 Special Operations troops training the Pakistani Frontier Corps, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the issue is so sensitive.