Three Day Total In Anti-Polio Attacks Hits Nine
Medical workers distributing the polio vaccine are being shot at as some Islamist groups claim the groups are spies for the U.S.
Pakistani officials say another victim from attacks on U.N. backed anti-polio teams has died, bringing the three-day toll to nine.
Health official Janbaz Afridi says 20-year-old Hilal Khan died on Thursday, a day after he was shot in the head in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
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