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Six aid workers killed in Pakistan attack

21:48 pm on 10 March 2010

At least six aid workers have been killed in an attack by militants on the offices of an American-based charity group in Pakistan.

The attack, which was accompanied by an explosion, happened at a building used by World Vision near the town of Oghi, about 65 kilometres northwest of the capital Islamabad.

An aid worker said another six staff were wounded.