Minor girl severely injured in attack on polio team in Quetta

E-Paper | May 03, 2026

QUETTA: A polio team administering vaccination to children in Pashtoonabad on Sunday, was attacked by militants, injuring four people including a minor girl.

Police said militants hurled a hand-held bomb at the polio team, which left a five-year-old girl and a lady health worker injured, besides two others.

The girl was quickly shifted to civil hospital Quetta for medical treatment.

The blast also damaged a portion of a mud-walled house in the area.

A polio campaign is under-way in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan since the last four days in full swing.

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Syed Ali Shah is DawnNews' Quetta bureau chief.

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amil

Dec 29, 2013 07:32pm

we are waiting condemnation from the sides who leave no chance to rebuke army on mistaken children killing by army in retaliatory campaign

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Najma

Dec 29, 2013 10:12pm

Why don't they use mock polio teams to use as a bait to go after the attackers. Anyone who tries to harm polio vaccination team should be shot at the spot. These are criminal should be dealt with. Educate people on TV that Polio vaccination is not for population control and no one has an malicious intent behind vaccination.

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saleem

Dec 30, 2013 06:29pm

Salute to the brave polio teams and their protectors and prayers for the child's early recovery; the barbarians who attack them cannot be condemned enough!

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