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...
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...