“We cannot implement house-to-house vaccination,” Jafari stated, referencing the ban imposed by Taliban authorities on polio teams over security concerns. “The program is working closely with [Taliban ...

World Health Organization reports 64 polio infections this year: 41 in Pakistan and 23 in Afghanistan, up from six each in ...

Militant attacks and suspicion stemming from misinformation are hampering Pakistan's battle to eradicate polio, but teams of ...

“Polio has no cure ... The WHO has been contacted for comment about the Taliban-led vaccination drive.

A BOMB blast apparently targeting health workers killed nine people, including five children, in Pakistan’s restive ...

Also on Tuesday, militants stormed a health centre in North Waziristan, another former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in ...

Nine people were killed, including five children, in a bombing on Friday that targeted a southwest Pakistan polio drive, ...

ISLAMABAD — Polio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign in Pakistan ... restive northwest bordering Afghanistan, where the Taliban government in September suddenly stopped ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Polio cases are rising ... bordering Afghanistan, where the Taliban government in September suddenly stopped a door-to-door vaccination campaign. Afghanistan and Pakistan ...