British Diplomats' Children to Leave Pakistan

Children of British diplomatic staff in Pakistan will be required to return to Britain because of the deteriorating situation in Pakistan. The British Foreign Ministry is also offering the spouses of diplomatic staff the opportunity return to Britain.

Obvisously the British have full confidence in Pakistan's willingness and ability to combat the taliban/al Qaida. AKI

London and Islamabad, 1 Oct. (AKI) - Diplomatic staff in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, will be required to send their children back to the United Kingdom, the British Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday.

Some 60 children are to leave Pakistan in the next few days.

The Foreign Ministry said the decision followed a review of security for British diplomatic staff in Islamabad after the deadly bombing there last month of the five-star Marriott Hotel.

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The British Foreign Ministry said it was offering the spouses of diplomatic staff in Islamabad the opportunity to return to the UK if they wished.

"A number of other diplomatic missions in Islamabad have recently taken similar steps," the Foreign Ministry stated, adding that London's move was not a reaction to any specific threat.