ISLAMABAD, 4 February 2008 — Two Pakistani workers of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have gone missing in a tribal region of northwest Pakistan close to the Afghan border.

The pair disappeared as they were driving through the Khyber Pass on their way to Torkhum, the main crossing point on the border, to send provisions to the ICRC office in Kabul, said ICRC communications officer Sitara Jabeen. “We’re quite concerned about their fate. We’re trying our best to find out what happened,” she said.

Meanwhile, police yesterday arrested a suspected teenage would-be suicide bomber and were still searching for two alleged accomplices. The arrest was made in the village of Abdul Khel in Dera Ismail Khan district, home to opposition leader Maulana Fazalur Rehman, who is said to be on a militant hit list.

A security official later said on condition of anonymity that Fazalur Rehman was the intended target, adding that a “suicide jacket” rigged with explosives was recovered from the suspect.