Two Red Cross employees kidnapped two weeks ago in Pakistan have been freed without a ransom being paid, the organisation said on Saturday.
The two International Committee of the Red Cross staff members were on a routine logistical mission in an ICRC-marked vehicle to Torkham, a border town between Pakistan and Afghanistan, when they were seized on February 2 by an unidentified group. One was freed on Saturday, while the other was released several days ago, the ICRC said in a statement.
"The safe return of our two staff is a great relief. The anguish of their families has been shared by all of us during two long weeks," said Pascal Mauchle, head of the ICRC's delegation in Islamabad. The ICRC employs nearly 400 people in Pakistan, including 44 expatriates.