We lost two employees who worked with our consulate there who were going out on an effort to eradicate narcotics fields, said Kerry.
But some Turkish officials have reportedly suggested the United States was covertly sympathetic to the rogue military officers, a claim Kerry angrily denied. (Photo: AP)
Washington: Two local employees of the US consulate in the Pakistani city of Peshawar have been killed by an explosive device along with some soldiers while on drug-eradication mission, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
"Just this morning, I woke to the news that we had lost two local employees in Peshawar who worked with our consulate there who were going out on an effort to eradicate narcotics fields," Kerry told an event in Washington on countering violent extremism.
"An IED exploded and several were lost; a few of the soldiers who were there to guard them also," Kerry said. He gave no other details of the incident.
The State Department spokesmen did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
( Source : reuters )
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