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Insecurity hampers anti-polio drive in 3 Nangarhar districts

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JALALABAD (Pajhwok): As many as 13,000 children in three insecure district of eastern Nangarhar province have been deprived of polio vaccination, an official said on Monday.

Public Health Director Najibullah Kamawal acknowledged polio vaccination campaigns could not be carried out in Kot, Achin and Haska Mena districts over the past few years.

Inaugurating a three-day vaccination drive in the province Kamawal said last year 64,000 children could not be administered polio drops, However, a successful military offensive paved . . .

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