Media ID: 55323262
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Pakistani Islamic students sift through rubble at a destroyed religious seminary belonging to the Haqqani network after a US drone strike in the Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in this file photo November 21, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/SB SHAH)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 23, 2013 | World
Kabul, Reuters—Militants kidnapped 11 Pakistani teachers involved in a polio vaccination campaign for school children on Saturday, officials said, the latest in a string of attacks on health workers trying to eradicate the deadly disease. The teachers were taken from...
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A man carries a girl, who was injured in a bomb blast, as she is brought to the Lady Reading Hospital for treatment in Peshawar October 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Khuram Parvez)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 7, 2013 | World
Peshawar, Associated Press—A bomb exploded next to a van carrying Pakistani security guards tasked with protecting workers involved in an anti-polio drive in the country’s northwest on Monday, killing two people, according to officials. The attack was the latest...