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Attacks target polio teams in east Afghanistan, 4 killed

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Gunmen on Tuesday targeted members of polio teams in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least four staffers, officials said. No militant group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks in the city of Jalalabad. Along with the four killed, at least three members of the polio vaccination teams were wounded, said Dr. Jan Mohammad, who coordinates the anti-polio drive for the country’s east. Afghani

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Times of India

Four killed in attacks on Afghan polio vaccinators

Middle East News: JALALABAD: At least four people were killed and four wounded on Tuesday in a string of attacks on polio workers in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.

3 years ago·India

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Yahoo News

Attacks target polio teams in east Afghanistan, 4 killed

Gunmen on Tuesday targeted members of polio teams in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least four staffers, officials said. Along with the four killed, at least three members of the polio vaccination teams were wounded, said Dr. Jan Mohammad, who coordinates the anti-polio drive for the country's east. Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan are the only two remaining countries in the world where polio is endemic, after Nigeria was last year declar…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Hindu

Four killed as gunmen target polio teams in Afghanistan

The increased violence and chaos comes as the U.S. and NATO are completing their military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

3 years ago·India

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CTV News

Attacks target polio teams in east Afghanistan, 5 killed

Gunmen on Tuesday targeted an anti-polio drive in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least five members of two vaccination teams in separate attacks, officials said.

3 years ago·Canada

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Reuters

Gunmen kill four polio workers in Afghanistan's east

Four polio vaccination workers were killed and three injured in separate attacks in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad, a provincial health department official said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of attacks against health workers.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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NDTV

4 Shot Dead In "Targeted Attacks" On Afghanistan Polio Vaccinators

At least four people were killed Tuesday in a string of targeted attacks on polio workers in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, the second assault on vaccinators in the area in less than three months.

3 years ago·New Delhi, India

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