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3 women polio workers gunned down in Jalalabad

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Three women polio vaccinators were killed in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday morning.

The polio workers were killed in two separate attacks in Majboorabad and Lal Qasim Agha areas of Jalalabad, a security official told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said one woman polio worker was killed by unidentified gunmen in the Majboorbad locality of the city.

An hour later, the source revealed, two other female workers of the campaign lost their lives in the Qasimagha area of the 7th police district.

Meanwhile, a private TV channel identified the polio . . .

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