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Pakistan Taliban blast kills five police protecting polio teams

A roadside bomb killed at least five police officers deployed to protect polio vaccination workers in northwestern Pakistan Monday, officials said, in an attack claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group. Pakistani districts along the border with Afghanistan have seen a dramatic spike in attacks since the Taliban returned to power there in 2021. Islamabad

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Bomb kills five police from Pakistan polio protection team

An incident unfolded in northwestern Pakistan when a roadside bomb targeted a police truck transporting officers assigned to protect polio vaccination workers. A roadside bomb killed at least five police officers deployed to protect polio vaccination workers in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, officials said. “A police truck transporting around 25 policemen for anti-polio campaign duties

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33 million children in sub-Saharan Africa vaccinated against polio

More than 33 million children in several South African countries have been vaccinated against polio as part of ongoing efforts to eradicate the infectious paralytic disease that is largely contained in much of the world, the World Health Organization announced on Friday. About 80 million drops of the vaccine have been put into the mouths

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