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December 21, 2012

In Pakistan, Healers Become the Targets

Michael Gerson, Washington Post

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The murder of nine polio vaccination workers during 48 hours in Pakistan has all the hallmarks of a Taliban operation: coordinated, ruthless and monstrous. The attacks have succeeded in shutting down an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, and other areas.

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TAGGED: polio, Taliban, Afghanistan, Pakistan

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