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3 Levies men injured in IED blast targeting polio team in Bajaur Agency
October 31, 2017
KHAR, Oct 31 (INP) Three Levies personnel were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast targeting a polio team in Bajaur Agency's Khar district on Tuesday, officials said. Officials in the political administration said the team was targeted while administering polio drops to children in the area. The injured were identified as Saeedullah, Shafiullah and Zahid, who were rushed to Agency Headquarter Hospital Khar. Soon after the blast, security forces personnel rushed to site and cordoned off the area. Fieldworkers and security forces involved in anti-polio drives in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have often been targeted by militants. INP/LK/AH
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