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Policeman injured as polio team attacked in Mardan

Polio cases in Pakistan dropped by 62pc in 2016

PESHAWAR: One militant was killed and a police constable injured during an attack on a polio vaccination team in Tambulak area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mardan district on Tuesday According to sources, the polio team was on duty to administer polio vaccine in Tambulak when a person opened fire injuring a policeman deputed for the security of the vaccinators. Another police constable who was also accompanying the team resorted to retaliatory firing as a result of which the attacker was killed on the spot. DPO Mardan confirmed that the militant identifiedRead More