Polio supervisor abducted by armed men in Jamrud during vaccination drive

Unidentified armed men abducted a polio campaign supervisor, Jalil Khan, from the Chapri area of Jamrud in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while he was on duty during the ongoing anti-polio vaccination campaign. The attackers took him to an undisclosed location.

District Police Officer (DPO) Waqar Ahmad confirmed the abduction. According to Minute Mirror, he said police teams were actively working to recover Jalil Khan, while search efforts were continuing across the area.

A heavy police contingent reached the scene. Security personnel set up checkpoints and blocked important routes as part of a search operation. Authorities have not announced any arrests or confirmed his recovery, and no details about the kidnappers or their motive were immediately available.

The seven-day campaign has been running across the district since Tuesday. The National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication said a special campaign began on November 2 in 97 selected districts nationwide and will continue until November 8.

The Express Tribune reported that the abduction follows other incidents against polio teams in the province. A day earlier, two policemen were killed and another was injured when armed men attacked a vaccination team in Mohmand district. One attacker was also injured.

Earlier in the week, four polio workers were abducted after being fired on in the village of Jious in Tank district. In Azam Warsak area of Lower South Waziristan, two team members were also abducted and later released. Sources told the paper that armed men linked to the banned TTP were allegedly involved.

Separately, the NEOC confirmed Pakistan's seventh polio case of the year, in a 13-month-old girl from Jan Baz Union Council in Bara tehsil of Khyber district. It is the second case from Khyber this year and the sixth from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.