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Afghan officials: 3 women working in polio drive killed

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KABUL – Attackers on Tuesday gunned down three women working to administer the anti-polio vaccine in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, a day after authorities launched a new campaign against the crippling children's disease.

The women were killed in two separate attacks in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. Fared Khan, spokesman for Nangarhar police, said two were shot and killed in police District 7 and the third was killed in District 4.

According to an official from the governor’s office, local media were reporting that no arrest have been made so far in the case.

The official, who was not authorized to talk to the media, spoke on condition of anonymity. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but

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