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Sun Mar 2, 2014, 01:59 PM Mar 2014

11 Pakistani Soldiers Killed Protecting Polio Vaccination Team

Gunmen in northwest Pakistan Saturday killed at least 11 security officers escorting a team of health workers who came to vaccinate children against polio.

The attack was carried out in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, near the border with Afghanistan.

It is unclear who was behind the attack.

Provinicial Governor Shaukatullah Khan said the health workers came to administer life-saving drops to children and that the killings violate local traditions.

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