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Anti-measles team attacked in Balochistan; 4 Afghan nationals arrested
[DAWN] Unidentified armed assailants shot up an anti-measles vaccination team in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... 's Pishin district on Saturday, Levies officials confirmed. Moreover, four Afghan Tajik nationals were apprehended during a targeted raid in Quetta. Levies sources said the team was carrying out an anti-measles drive in Pishin's Surkhab area when it came under attack. "Nobody was harmed in the attack," they added. However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... levies personnel quickly retaliated and conducted a search operation in the area in which eight suspects were tossed in the slammer Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! . Four of the arrested suspects were released after initial interrogation, however, the remaining four were charged, levies said. Balochistan Government has launched an anti-measles vaccination campaign in all the 32 districts of the province including Quetta from April 13 to April 25, and announced administering of anti-measles injections to more than half a million children across the province Posted by: Fred 2015-04-19 |
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