PESHAWAR, July 10: Four members of an anti-polio vaccination team were kidnapped by suspected Taliban when they were returning to Peshawar after a medical mission in villages near the Mohmand agency on Thursday.
A Unicef official told Dawn that the team had visited Qila Shah Baig, Bara, Angoor, Enzaray and Gara Tajik.
He said that the health workers had been kidnapped from the Sakhi Pul area and taken to a hujra where they were kept in chains. The team’s supervisor was identified as Attaullah.
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