Concern workers face Taliban death threat

Foreign aid workers - including those from Irish aid group Concern - have taken shelter in a hotel in the Pakistani city of Quetta after warnings Taliban rebels were planning suicide attacks against their offices.

Concern workers face Taliban death threat

Foreign aid workers - including those from Irish aid group Concern - have taken shelter in a hotel in the Pakistani city of Quetta after warnings Taliban rebels were planning suicide attacks against their offices.

Some 25 expatriates from the United Nations and Western aid groups have left their residences and moved to the Serena Hotel – just days after suspected Taliban gunmen killed five aid workers in neighbouring Afghanistan.

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