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Polio vaccination center set on fire by militants in East of Afghanistan
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A polio...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set... vaccination center was set on fire apparently by the anti-government armed holy warriors in eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province of Afghanistan. According to the local government officials, the incident took place late on Sunday night in the vicinity of Chardi area of Bati Kot district. Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogyani confirmed the incident and said several vaccination equipment and medicines were also destroyed after the center caught fire. Khogyani further added it is not yet not clear who was involved behind the incident but no casualties have been reported. Governor Mohammad Gulab Mangal condemned the incident and instructed the relevant security institutions to take immediate steps to apprehend the perpetrators. He also instructed the provincial public health directorate to arrange further medicines for the implementation of vaccination in the district. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-28 |
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