British aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan

A guard outside the ICRC office in Quetta The worker was taken from outside this ICRC office in Quetta, police said A British aid worker has been kidnapped in south-west Pakistan, local police have said. Khalil Ahmad Dell, who works for the International Committee of the Red Cross, was taken by gunmen as he stood outside his office in Quetta, Baluchistan. A senior police official said Mr Dell had a British passport. The Foreign Office said it was investigating reports of the incident and the charity said it was concerned. The kidnapping happened in a designated secure "red zone" at the centre of the city. Quetta, close to the border with Afghanistan and to Pakistan's troubled tribal areas, has been beset with problems of militancy. There is known to be a Taliban presence there, but there has also been violence connected to the separatist movement in Baluchistan.