2 Polio Workers Killed in Pakistan

According to internal officials, dual polio workers died in an conflict in Pakistan on Saturday, Mar 17, 2018. Mehmood Aslman, Mohmand Agency’s domestic agent, told CNN that both of a masculine workers were shot during an investigation with dual of their other co-workers by an different gunman.

According to CNN, “Mohmand Agency, a district in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas, borders Afghanistan in a country’s alpine northwest region. Because of communication problems in a area, authorities did not learn of a conflict until Sunday morning.” The conflict has not been claimed by any groups.

Five other members of a group were reported blank directly after a attack. Authorities operated an stretched search. The blank group members were found.

While confidence crew were acid for a 5 blank workers, they were attacked. A Frontier Constabulary infantryman died and dual others were injured.

Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan are a usually countries where polio is local, according to Global Polio Eradication Initiative and World Health Organization.

In 2011, U.S. comprehension officials used a feign vaccination module was used as partial of a hunt for Osama Bin Laden. Since then, health workers vaccinating children to forestall polio have been pounded by militants targeting anti-polio campaigns.

For several years a attacks on polio workers and troops management safeguarding a workers were constant. Recently, a attacks slowed since of ongoing troops procedure.

Written by Jeanette Smith

Sources:

Arab News: 2 anti-polio workers killed in FATA
CNN: Two polio workers killed in conflict in Pakistan

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