Gunmen kill Pakistan polio vaccinator and police guard near Afghan border

Security officials attend the funeral prayers for a policeman who was killed along with a polio worker in an attack by gunmen in Bajaur district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, Sept. 11, 2024. A health worker administers polio drops to a child during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in Karachi, Pakistan, Sept. 9, 2024.

Gunmen in northwestern Pakistan killed an anti-polio worker and a policeman guarding him Wednesday, the second attack on healthcare teams trying to carry out a national immunization campaign against the paralytic virus.