Conflict & Security
Gunmen kill two police officers guarding polio teams in Pakistan
November 3, 2026 at 01:58 PM
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3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 4 hours
AJAl Jazeera English
Two police officers protecting polio workers in Pakistan shot dead
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MAMasrawy
رئيس باكستان يدين الهجوم المسلح على الشرطة في شمال غربي البلاد
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يواليوم السابع
مقتل وإصابة 3 من الشرطة الباكستانية فى هجوم مسلح شمال غربى البلاد
(opens the publisher’s site)Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead two police officers protecting polio vaccination teams in northwestern Pakistan, a day after four guards were kidnapped.
- Police official Ali Rehman Khan said two officers were killed and a third injured; no polio vaccination staff were in the vehicle.
- On Monday, gunmen abducted four officers guarding polio workers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; they remain missing with search efforts under way.
- President Asif Ali Zardari condemned the shooting on X, saying police protecting polio teams perform a national duty whose sacrifices will not be forgotten.
- Pakistan launched a vaccination drive on Sunday aiming to reach nearly 24 million children across 97 high-risk districts.