This report from BBC is officially the most frightening news of the day ...
Two employees of Pakistan's atomic energy agency have been abducted in the country's restive north-western region abutting the Afghan border, police say.
*The technicians went missing on the same day as Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, Tariq Azizuddin, was reportedly abducted in the same region. *
*Mr Azizuddin had been going overland from the city of Peshawar to Kabul. *
*Pakistan's north-west has witnessed fierce fighting between Islamist militants and government troops. *
*The pro-Taleban guerrillas declared a unilateral ceasefire last week after months of clashes with troops garrisoned there. *
The workers from Pakistan's Atomic Energy Commission were on a mission to map mineral deposits in the mountains when they were kidnapped, police say.
Most counter-proliferation programs focus on physical security of things: plants, parts, materials, etc. People, in the end, are much harder to protect.
