News update
  • New Approach Must for Dhaka to Break Climate Aid Debt Trap     |     
  • UN High Seas Treaty Clears Ratification, Set for 2026     |     
  • UAE Suspends Visas for Bangladesh, Eight Other Nations      |     
  • Young disabled people of BD vow to advocate for peace     |     
  • World Leaders Urged to Defend Human Rights and Justice     |     

Bomb kills five police from Pakistan polio protection team: officials

GreenWatch Desk Hate campaign 2024-01-08, 2:54pm

download-fd456406745d816a45cae554c788e7541704704226.jpeg




(BSS/AFP) - A bomb targeting a polio protection team in northwestern Pakistan Monday killed at least five police officers, officials said.

"A police truck transporting around 25 policemen for anti-polio campaign duties was targeted by an IED (improvised explosive device)," Anwar ul Haq, a senior government official in Bajaur district, told AFP.