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10 dead in attack on polio team in Khyber Agency
ZAHIR SHAH SHERAZI
Updated 2014-03-01 14:15:39
PESHAWAR: At least 10 people were killed and several wounded Saturday in a bomb attack targetting security personnel protecting a polio vaccination team in Khyber tribal agency.
The blasts in Lashoro area of the tribal region’s Jamrud district were the latest attack on efforts to stamp out the crippling disease in Pakistan, which is one of only three countries where polio remains endemic.
Assistant Political Agent Nasir Khan confirmed that nine members of the Khasadar forces were killed in the attack, which damaged two vehicles belonging to the security forces.
A child was also among the dead, said Khan.
Polio persists in Pakistan with militant groups seeing vaccination campaigns as a cover for espionage.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Pakistan recorded 91 cases of polio last year, up from 58 in 2012.
WHO has warned that Peshawar is the world's “largest reservoir” of polio.
Pakistan's struggle to defeat polio stands in stark contrast to its neighbour and great rival India, which recently celebrated three years since its last polio case.
Afghanistan and Nigeria are the other countries where the disease remains.
ZAHIR SHAH SHERAZI
Updated 2014-03-01 14:15:39
PESHAWAR: At least 10 people were killed and several wounded Saturday in a bomb attack targetting security personnel protecting a polio vaccination team in Khyber tribal agency.
The blasts in Lashoro area of the tribal region’s Jamrud district were the latest attack on efforts to stamp out the crippling disease in Pakistan, which is one of only three countries where polio remains endemic.
Assistant Political Agent Nasir Khan confirmed that nine members of the Khasadar forces were killed in the attack, which damaged two vehicles belonging to the security forces.
A child was also among the dead, said Khan.
Polio persists in Pakistan with militant groups seeing vaccination campaigns as a cover for espionage.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Pakistan recorded 91 cases of polio last year, up from 58 in 2012.
WHO has warned that Peshawar is the world's “largest reservoir” of polio.
Pakistan's struggle to defeat polio stands in stark contrast to its neighbour and great rival India, which recently celebrated three years since its last polio case.
Afghanistan and Nigeria are the other countries where the disease remains.
