PESHAWAR, Pakistan, November 12, SPA -- Unknown gunmen shot dead anAmerican aid worker and his local driver in Pakistan's northwest on Wednesday, officials and police said. The attack occurred in University Town, an upscale area ofthe main northwest city of Peshawar where a top U.S. diplomat was attacked just a few months ago, policeofficial Arshad Khan was quoted as saying by Associated Press. U.S. Embassy acting spokesman Wes Robertson declined toidentify the American or say what he was doing in the areaother than to say he was not a diplomat. However, a Western security official in Peshawar said theslain American worked for a development organization withprojects in the northwest. He said the American's car was blocked in a narrow lane bythe assailants' vehicle, who then opened fire withautomatic weapons.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/606828