The attack took place as hundreds of polio teams were vaccinating children against the crippling disease, police official Naseeb Ullah said. In a separate attack in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, assailants killed two policemen. Aggrieved, heartbroken and enraged at the loss of two of our invaluable and brave polio workers in a cowardly attack in Quetta. Pakistan this week launched a drive against polio across the country. Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria are the only three countries in the world where polio is endemic and has not been eliminated.

Source: Irish Independent January 18, 2018 13:30 UTC