Terrorists in Pakistan have also become enemies of the polio campaign. For this reason, polio has not been eradicated in Pakistan yet.
On Friday, a team that had gone to administer polio vaccine was fired upon in Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. One officer was killed and a policeman was injured in this attack.
According to Pakistani media, police informed that unknown assailants opened fire on the vehicle returning from the district hospital.
Polio campaign officer Dr. Abdul Rahman was badly injured. The injured policemen along with Dr. Rehman were admitted to the hospital.
Doctors declared the officer dead. Let us tell you that last week also two people were injured in a bomb blast in Bajaur.
In the beginning of January itself, a polio campaign convoy was targeted by terrorists.
6 soldiers were killed in the attack
On January 8, terrorists attacked a polio campaign team in northwest Pakistan. At least 6 soldiers were killed in this. Pakistani Taliban had also taken responsibility for this attack.
Let us tell you that terrorists often target anti-polio campaigns in Pakistan. They consider it against Islam. After the attack, the polio campaign in that area of Pakistan was stopped for a few days.
Let us tell you that 6 new cases of polio have been reported in Pakistan last year. On one hand, India has declared itself polio free many years ago. Pakistan has still not recovered from this serious disease.
Why terrorists have become enemies of polio team
Fundamentalists in Pakistan believe that polio drops make people impotent. He says that this huge conspiracy is being hatched to reduce the population of Muslims.
Since 2012, about 109 people associated with polio campaigns have been killed in Pakistan.
At the same time, 13 people have been kidnapped during the vaccine drive.
So far, 284 people have lost their lives associated with the polio campaign, which includes 166 policemen and 87 health workers.