In a troubling turn of events, militants launched attacks on health centers involved in an ongoing anti-polio campaign in northwestern Pakistan. The first incident occurred in Orakzai, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where militants targeted a health center being used for the vaccination campaign. The attack led to a shootout that resulted in the tragic death of a police officer and the killing of three attackers.
Meanwhile, in North Waziristan, another former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, militants stormed a health center, seized weapons from officers, and warned health workers against participating in the anti-polio campaign. The attackers then fled the scene with the confiscated weapons, leaving authorities concerned about the safety of health workers in the region.
