PAKISTAN POLIO VACCINATION BOMBINGPakistani security officials inspect a damaged vehicle of tribal police that was escorting the health workers who were administering Polio vaccination , after a bomb blast on the outskirts of Peshawar , the provincial capital of militancy - hit Khyber - Pakhtunkhwa province , Pakistan , 10 October 2013 . At least three tribal police were injured in the incident . Islamist militants have been regularly targeting the Polio vaccination campaigns saying that they considered immunization a conspiracy by the West and that the vaccine reduces reproductive powers . The once widespread and crippling disease still affects many children in remote areas under the control of Islamist militants of Pakistan , one of only three countries alongside Nigeria and Afghanistan where it is still endemic . EPA / ARSHAD ARBAB ▶   연합뉴스 " 모바일 앱 다운 받 기 "▶   지금 뉴스 스탠드 에서 뉴스 Y 를 만나 보 세요 ! ▶   그림 으로 보 는 " 인터랙티브 뉴스 "< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >