Concern closes Pakistan office amid security fears

Irish aid agency Concern has closed its office in the Pakistani city of Quetta after a warning that staff were to be targeted in a suicide attack.

Concern closes Pakistan office amid security fears

Irish aid agency Concern has closed its office in the Pakistani city of Quetta after a warning that staff were to be targeted in a suicide attack.

The threat came just five days after five aid workers were killed in a suspected Taliban gun attack in Afghanistan.

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