Published on, Sept. 16 -- September 16, 2025 10:57 AM

Unidentified gunmen abducted three workers of Pakistan's polio eradication program in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said on Monday, as the country launched an anti-polio drive in the militancy-hit province that borders Afghanistan. The incident occurred in the jurisdiction of Mulazai police station in the volatile Tank district after armed men intercepted the health team and whisked them into the hills nearby, according to police. Muhammad Ibrahim, a district police spokesman, told Arab News the abducted officials were identified as Abdullah Kundi, Hikmatullah and District Surveillance Officer Dr. Ihsan. "A heavy police contingent has been dispatched to the a...