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Polio vaccinations resume in Swat

Source: Dawn

Islamabad : Pakistan | 3 months ago

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Authorities in Pakistan's Swat Valley have resumed vaccinating children for polio, an act once banned by Taliban militants, now beaten back by an army offensive. The last vaccinations were administered nearly a year ago, an official said Tuesday. The militants, who began spreading their reign in...

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Polio vaccinations resume in Swat

News Source: Dawn | 3 months ago

Authorities in Pakistan's Swat Valley have resumed vaccinating children for polio, an act once banned by Taliban militants, now beaten back by an army offensive. The last vaccinations were administered nearly a year ago, an official said Tuesday.
Gunmen kill 4 Pakistani high school students

News Source: Gulf News | 3 months ago

Police official Mohammad Yasin said the shooting occurred in Kalaya village in the Orakzai tribal area, where new Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud is based. An intelligence official said the children were Shiite Muslims whose tribe is...