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Suspected militants open fire, kill 2 police officers guarding polio workers in Pakistan

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On Tuesday, suspected militants killed two police officers in a drive-by shooting near Mohmand district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The attack also wounded a third officer; the officers were escorting polio vaccination teams during an anti-polio campaign. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident, though militant groups often target such efforts, falsely alleging that vaccinations are part of Western conspiracies. Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the attack and highlighted its impact on public health initiatives aimed at eradicating polio in the country.
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On November 3, 2026, suspected militants riding a motorcycle shot and killed two police officers in Mohmand district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, while they were en route to protect polio vaccination teams during a door-to-door campaign. A third officer was injured in the attack but survived. The policemen targeted were Constables Zahoor Khan and Arbai Khan, with Sepoy Sabir Khan sustaining injuries.

The incident occurred near the Hashim Kor police checkpost in the Dag Tamanzai area of Pindiali tehsil when the officers were traveling to a nearby village for security duty. No group claimed responsibility immediately, but similar attacks are often attributed to the Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups who falsely claim that polio vaccination campaigns are part of a Western conspiracy to sterilize children.

Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi described the attack as "intolerable" and offered condolences to the families of the slain officers. The country had recently launched a nationwide campaign to vaccinate 24 million children against polio, aiming to eradicate the disease.

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“The first article describes the deployment of police personnel to protect polio vaccination teams, while the second reports on a separate shooting incident targeting police officers protecting polio workers.”
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Afghanistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mohmand Pakistan The Pakistani Taliban

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Pakistan GPE · 4× Afghanistan GPE · 2× Ayaz Khan PERSON · 1× Interior ORG · 1× Islamabad GPE · 1× Khyber Pakhtunkhwa GPE · 1× Mohmand GPE · 1× Mohsin Naqvi PERSON · 1× The Pakistani Taliban ORG · 1× the World Health Organisation ORG · 1×

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The Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups regularly target anti-polio drives and police protecting health workers, falsely claiming that polio vaccination campaigns are part of a Western conspiracy to sterilise children.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-03
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Suspected militants open fire, kill 2 police officers guarding polio workers in Pakistan · assertive framing

Claims (9 extracted, 1 hedged)

Suspected militants riding a motorcycle shot and killed two police officers assigned to protect polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday (November 3, 2026), officials said. asserted
officials → rid → Tuesday
The drive-by shooting in Mohmand, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan, also left a third officer wounded. asserted
that → drive → officer
The police officers were travelling to a nearby village to guard vaccination teams when they came under fire, police officer Ayaz Khan said. asserted
Khan → travel → fire
The attackers fled the scene. asserted
attackers → flee → scene
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. asserted
group → claim → attack
The Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups regularly target anti-polio drives and police protecting health workers, falsely claiming that polio vaccination campaigns are part of a Western conspiracy to sterilise children. asserted
campaigns → target → children
In Islamabad, Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said the attack was “intolerable” and offered his condolences to the families of the killed officers, who he said worked for a healthier future for the country. asserted
he → say → country
Pakistan on Monday launched a nationwide campaign to vaccinate 24 million children against polio as part of efforts to eradicate the disease. asserted
Pakistan → launch → disease
Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan remain the only countries where wild poliovirus is endemic, according to the World Health Organisation. uncertain
poliovirus → neighbour → Organisation
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