Polio vaccinator Nadia Gul speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Polio Vaccination centre in Peshawar, Pakistan April 26, 2019. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - His bearded face was half-covered by a shawl, but Hameedullah Khan's fear and ignorance was on full display as he delivered a chilling message for anyone who tries to vaccinate his children against polio.
"I will stab anyone who comes to my house with polio drops," Khan growled, refusing to be filmed or photographed as he shopped in a fly-blown bazaar on the outskirts of Peshawar, a city scarred by years on the frontline of Islamist militancy in Pakistan.
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