Troops from the paramilitary Frontier Corps and Pakistan Army dismantled a terrorist training facility in Tangir sub-division of Diamir district on Saturday, defence spokesman Maj Gen Shoukat Sultan told reporters.

The raid coincided with US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and Assistant Secretary Christina Rocca's visit to Pakistan. The American officials are to hold talks with Pakistani leadership on Monday.

The raid followed intelligence reports that there was a terrorist training camp in the area, Sultan said, adding the camp was a terrorist facility involved in domestic terrorism and blockade of the Karakoram Highway. He, however, declined to name the group operating the camp.

"The camp has no connection with al-Qaeda but the possibility of it receiving patronage from outside cannot be ruled out," he said.