Taliban halts polio drive in Afghanistan
Ahmedabad Mirror|September 17, 2024
News of the suspension was relayed to UN agencies right before campaign
Taliban halts polio drive in Afghanistan

The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN said on Monday. Afghanistan is one of two countries in which the spread of the potentially fatal, paralysing disease has never been stopped. The other is Pakistan.

This story is from the September 17, 2024 edition of Ahmedabad Mirror.

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