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At least five police officers lost their lives in Pakistan. Nearly two dozen others were wounded when an explosive device targeted their vehicle during a polio vaccination drive in the Bajaur tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bordering Afghanistan. The incident occurred as Pakistan commenced its latest round of the polio vaccination campaign.    #Pakistan #Bajaur #KhyberPakhtunkhwa #PakistanTragedy #PolioDriveAttack                  ~PR.151~ED.101~GR.121~HT.96~

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00:00 In a devastating attack, at least five police officers lost their lives in Pakistan's Khyber

00:13 Pakhtunkhwa province.

00:14 Nearly two dozen others were wounded when an explosive device targeted their vehicle

00:19 during a polio vaccination drive in the Bajor tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,

00:24 bordering Afghanistan.

00:26 The incident occurred as Pakistan commenced its latest round of the polio vaccination

00:31 campaign.

00:32 A spokesperson for the provincial rescue services, Bilal Faizi, shared details on the incident.

00:39 He stated that the blast occurred early in the morning when the police team embarked

00:44 on the polio vaccination drive.

00:46 Most of the injured have been transported to a local hospital in Bajor, while critically

00:51 wounded patients have been shifted to the provincial capital Peshawar.

00:56 The blast comes with no immediate claim of responsibility.

00:58 However, in recent years, the Pakistan Taliban has targeted both polio vaccination workers

01:05 and security officials, contributing to resistance against the vaccination campaign.

01:11 It's important to note that the region has faced challenges in the past due to misinformation

01:16 and suspicions surrounding the polio immunisation drive.

01:20 Opposition escalated after a fake vaccination drive organised by the CIA in 2011 to trap

01:26 Osama bin Laden.

01:28 Additionally, religious leaders in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan spread

01:33 misinformation claiming the vaccine contained forbidden substances in Islam, such as traces

01:38 of pork and alcohol.

01:40 As of now, Pakistan and Afghanistan remain the only two countries yet to be declared

01:45 free of the wild poliovirus type 1 or WPV1.

01:49 According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a country must demonstrate an

01:54 absence of WPV1 transmission for at least three consecutive years to achieve this designation.

02:00 Despite challenges, there has been progress in Pakistan with notable decrease in reported

02:05 polio cases.

02:06 In 2023, six cases were reported, a significant improvement from the 20 cases reported in

02:12 2022.

02:13 The tragic incident targeting the polio vaccination team adds to a series of violent events in

02:19 Pakistan.

02:20 According to data compiled by the Pakistan Institute of Conflict and Security Studies,

02:25 there was a staggering 70% increase in violent attacks in 2023, with more than 600 incidents

02:32 leading to the loss of over 950 lives.

02:58 (upbeat music)

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