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March 3, 2014

Pakistani Taliban Declares Ceasefire; Attack on Anti-Polio Team Kills 13 
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In Pakistan, the latest attack on a polio vaccination team killed at
least 13 people on Saturday in the country's northwest. The provincial
governor condemned the killings.

Shaukatullah Khan, governor of KPK province: "These martyrs had not come
here to attack anybody's house or to carry out any such activity. They
had come here to administer life-saving drops to our children, to
prevent this (polio) disability among our people. But they have been
brutally killed, which is not the tradition of this region."

No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Taliban has
previously targeted health workers after it was revealed the CIA used a
fake vaccination program to help locate Osama bin Laden. Hours after the
attack, the Pakistani Taliban announced a month-long ceasefire. Talks
between the Taliban and the government had broken down last month.