Overview
- Police said two officers were shot in separate attacks in Bajaur on Monday while returning from escort duty for vaccination teams.
- The slain policemen were identified as Qadir and Aziz, with the shootings reported in the Tabbai and Dag Qila areas of Salarzai.
- The attacks came as Pakistan began a new nationwide push to vaccinate 19 million children against polio.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi condemned the killings and asked the police chief for a detailed report, and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi also expressed condolences.
- No group claimed responsibility, though officials note militants have repeatedly targeted polio workers and escorts, with more than 200 killed since the 1990s in one of the last two countries where polio persists.