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Four killed in targeted attacks on Afghan polio vaccinators: health ministry
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, June 15, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – A string of attacks on polio workers in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday left four people dead and four more wounded, officials said.
“They were there to immunize the children against polio,” health ministry spokesman Osman Taheri said, adding the attacks happened in three separate locations, over the space of around two hours.
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