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Taliban release four workers of anti-polio team

ISLAMABAD: Local Taliban on Saturday released four workers of a team administering anti-polio vaccine in the Mohmand Agency, an official said. A spokesman of Health Ministry said that the workers have returned to Peshawar safely. According to an agreement reached between the NWFP government and the local Taliban, workers of anti-polio campaign would not be harmed. The polio team was facilitated in Swat, while the local Taliban violated the agreement in Mohmand Agency and kidnapped the workers. nni

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