<div><p>Gunmen kidnapped a French tourist in Pakistan on Saturday, snatching him from a group of compatriots, who included women and children, in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, police said.</p><p>The kidnapping took place in an area where ethnic Baluch separatist groups and Islamist fighters linked to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban are known to operate around 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the Afghan border.</p><p>A group of six kidnappers armed with Kalashnikovs stopped the French party, travelling by car, at Landi, a small town around 200 kilometres east of the Iranian border, said police officer Merrullah.</p><p>The group of six tourists left Quetta and were heading towards Iran, said Karar Shah, another police officer from Dal Bandin, where the tourists alerted the Pakistani authorities to the abduction.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=51050954&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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