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Nangarhar polio vaccination campaign on hold after assassinations

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(Last Updated On: March 31, 2021)

The polio vaccination campaign has been put on hold indefinitely in Nangarhar province following the shooting of three female vaccinators on Tuesday.

The women were gunned down in two separate incidents on Tuesday morning in Jalalabad city.

Nangarhar health officials said on Wednesday they were shocked at the assassinations.

According to them, no groups had threatened health workers in the province nor had there been any other type of warning.

Devastated families of the slain vaccinators said the women had worked for the campaign for 2,000 Afghanis a month.

Local officials say investigations have begun and the perpetrators will be tracked down and punished.

Following the incident, a delegation from the Ministry of Public Health traveled to Nangarhar and met with the local health officials.

The incident sparked an outcry in the country on Tuesday and organizations and foreign countries strongly condemned the killings.

On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) also raised its voice against the attacks and condemned the killings.

Acting Minister of Defense Mohammad Yasin Zia & Deputy Director General of National Security are in Kunduz province & will meet with provincial officials. They said the enemies tactics will be determined & thwarted by the defense, security & intelligence agencies.

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More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

As many as 837 Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their country through Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings in the last two days, officials announced on Saturday.

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said in a statement that 90 families comprising 468 people returned through Torkham crossing.

Another 67 families comprising 369 people returned through Spin Boldak crossing, it said.

The returnees have been introduced to international organizations to receive aid, and the Islamic Emirate has also paid 10,000 Afghanis to each family.

Pakistani government launched the second phase of deporting illegal refugees five days ago.

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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.

Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.

This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.

Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.

Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.

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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.

Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.

According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.

This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.

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