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Suspected militants killed two police officers and wounded a third in a drive-by shooting in Mohmand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while they were protecting polio workers, according to officials. The attack occurred during a door-to-door vaccination campaign. The Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups often target anti-polio drives and police protecting health workers, falsely claiming that polio vaccination campaigns are part of a Western conspiracy to sterilize children. Separately, four polio workers were abducted in Tank, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by suspected militants, according to a statement from provincial Gov. Faisal Karim Kundi. He condemned the abductions and urged authorities to take immediate steps to secure the workers' safe release as soon as possible.
Pakistan began a nationwide campaign to vaccinate 24 million children against polio as part of efforts to eradicate the disease. Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan remain the only countries where wild poliovirus is endemic, according to the World Health Organization.
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