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Three women working in polio vaccination drive are shot to death in Afghanistan
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Attackers on Tuesday gunned down three women working to administer the polio vaccine in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, a day after authorities launched a new campaign against the crippling disease.
The women were killed in two separate attacks in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. Fared Khan, spokesman for Nangarhar police, said two were shot and killed in police District 7 and the third was killed in District 4.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but eastern Afghanistan has witnessed an increase in attacks by the Islamic State group. Islamic State militants have declared war on Shiite Muslims and frequently target the country's minority Hazaras.
The Afghan government Monday launched another round of polio vaccinations across the country, aiming to inoculate 9.6 million children under 5. The polio drive came after 54 new cases of the disease were reported in 2020, the highest number on record since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
Attackers on Tuesday gunned down three women working to administer the polio vaccine in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, a day after authorities launched a new campaign against the crippling disease.
