Militants fighting for security forces regularly attack police officers who are regularly deployed to safeguard polio workers going door-to-door.
Over the last ten years, hundreds of police officers and polio workers have lost their lives.
An unnamed police officer at the sit-in stated, “Any constable who learns of the protest is leaving their polio duty to join the demonstration.”
He informed AFP that there has been no progress in the talks between senior Bannu authorities and the police protestors.
At least two police officers and one polio worker have been shot dead in separate attacks in rural districts close to the Afghanistan border since the fresh vaccination push began on Monday. One of the cops was accompanying a team on Thursday.
