Two Czech women kidnapped in Pakistan

Moscow (Reuters)-two female Czech Republic origin was kidnapped by unknown attackers in the area of Balochistan, North-West Pakistan, as Pakistan's daily report Today.

According to the daily, the two women entered Pakistan from Iran as tourists and traveling by bus escorted by armed guards.

Later, at the intersection of Naukuni railway, a group of armed men aboard Toyota Land Cruiser, stopped their bus and carry three passengers to an unknown direction.

"Then the tax officers thrown out of the vehicle and his weapon was taken to escape," said the daily quoting the Commissioner of Quetta Qamber Dashti, as reported by RIA Novosti.

Dashti added that no group has so far claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.

Meanwhile, several teams of police were deployed to track down the kidnappers and freed the woman.

Translator: Askan Krisna

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Aid workers kidnapped in Algeria

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23 October 2011 Last updated at 21:45 GMT The Polisario movement, which runs the camp, said the attackers had driven towards Mali. Three European aid workers have been kidnapped from a refugee camp in western Algeria.

Two Spanish workers and an Italian were seized overnight from the Rabuni camp near Tindouf, their foreign ministries confirmed.

The camp houses Sahrawi refugees from Western Sahara.

The Polisario movement, which is seeking independence for Western Sahara and runs the camp, blamed local al-Qaeda militants for the kidnappings.

In a statement, the Algeria-based group said the armed attackers had arrived at the camp in four-wheel drive vehicles and left in the direction of neighbouring Mali "from where they came".

The Algerian government condemned the kidnapping, but said it was awaiting more detailed reports before commenting further.

"We condemn this criminal act with the greatest vigour," Foreign Ministry spokesman Amar Belani said in a statement to the AFP news agency.

Western Sahara was annexed by Morocco in 1975 and the Polisario Front has campaigned for its independence since then.

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) sprang from an Algerian Muslim extremist movement, and has become a problem for many countries across north Africa.

It targets Western interests, but has so far not been known to target camps for Western Sahara refugees.

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