U.S. aid worker killed by gunmen

On 12 November 2008 gunmen killed a U.S. aid worker stationed in Peshawar outside his office in the city's University Town neighborhood. The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad declined to identify the man, stating only that he was not a diplomat or traveling on an official State Department assignment. The aid worker's driver was also killed in the shooting. No claim of responsibility has been issued, but the area has seen a significant increase in Taliban activity.