Pakistan Taliban kill police polio escort

Gunmen kill a police officer working on Pakistan's first polio drive of the year
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed on Monday a police officer working on Pakistan's first polio vaccination drive of the year, police said. Pakistan has deployed thousands of police officers to protect health workers posted to go house-to-house to inoculate children and are targeted by militants who falsely claim the vaccination
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The Pakistani Taliban claimed the killing of a police officer as he traveled on Monday to guard polio vaccinators on the first day of a nationwide immunization effort after a year of rising cases. The officer was in the area of Jamrud town in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when he was killed,
Pakistan police officer killed in shooting as polio vaccination drive starts
A Pakistan police officer travelling to guard polio vaccinators was shot dead Monday, police said, on the first day of a nationwide immunisation effort aft..
Pakistan police officer shot dead as polio vaccination drive starts
The Pakistani Taliban claimed the killing of a police officer as he travelled Monday to guard polio vaccinators on the first day of a nationwide immunisation effort after a year of rising cases. The officer was travelling to guard polio vaccinators in the area of Jamrud town in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when he was killed,
Policeman escorting polio team killed in Pakistan
A policeman was killed in firing by unidentified militants in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday morning, official sources said. The incident happened at about 9:20 am local time (GMT 0420) in the Khyber district where the policeman,
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