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Four polio vaccinators killed, four wounded in Nangarhar
Four polio vaccinators were killed and four others wounded in four separate attacks by unknown gunmen in Nangarhar province on Tuesday morning, confirmed local officials.
Officials said one vaccinator was killed and another wounded at 7:30am in Chamtala area of Khoqyani district on Tuesday.
According to the officials one other vaccinator was killed and one wounded at 8:30 am in another attack in PD3 of Jalalabad city on Tuesday.
One volunteer vaccinator was killed and one wounded in a third attack in Khoqyani district of the province.
In the fourth attack one volunteer vaccinator was killed and one wounded in Sra-Road district of the province.
Attaullah Khoqyani, spokesman for Nangarhar governor confirmed that vaccinators were attacked in several areas but he did not provide details.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks so far.
This comes after at least three members of a polio vaccination team, all of them women, were shot dead by unknown gunmen in Nangarhar province in March, local officials said.