UN condemns brutal killing of eight polio workers in Afghanistan

[OnlinePoker]

Source: UN News

The United Nations has condemned the killing of eight polio vaccination workers in four locations in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, the first such attacks since nationwide immunization campaigns resumed last November.

One member of the vaccination transit team was killed in Taloqan district in Takhar province, while four members of house-to-house teams were murdered in two separate incidents in Kunduz city, according to a statement from the UN Country Team.

Two vaccinators and a social mobilizer were killed in Emamsaheb district of Kunduz province.

In the wake of the carnage, the UN immediately suspended the national polio vaccination campaign in Kunduz and Takhar provinces.

Read more: https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/02/1112612

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I can't comprehend the hatred shown to people who are trying to save the most vulnerable citizens of a country.

[diane in sf]

1. Primitive anti-vax lunatics?

[maxsolomon]

2. Anti-Polio Vaccine misinformation is common in Pakistan, and hence Afghanistan.

The CIA used a vaccination drive to find OBL:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2277145-cias-hunt-for-osama-bin-laden-fuelled-vaccine-hesitancy-in-pakistan/