British aid worker Khalil Dale, who was kidnapped in Pakistan in January of this year has been found dead, the Foreign Office have confirmed.His body was discovered in an orchard in Quetta with a note saying he had been killed by the Taliban, local police said.
Mr Dale who worked for the Red Cross' International Committee (ICRC), was kidnapped in Quetta, south-west Pakistan.
Responding to his murder Red Cross have described the health programme workers killing as "barbaric".
It is understood the militants holding him had asked for a ransom which could not be paid. The Foreign Secretary has described his murder as "senseless and cruel".
Mr Dale worked for the ICRC and the British Red Cross for many years, carrying out assignments in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq. He had been abducted by unidentified armed men while on his way home from work in Quetta. It is now feared that most international aid agencies will move further foreign staff out of Quetta as they will now be concerned for their staff's safety.
The ICRC commenting on the aid worker's work that he was "a trusted and very experienced Red Cross staff member who significantly contributed to the humanitarian cause."
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