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9 polio cases recorded in Afghanistan this year

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KABUL, a senior UNICEF official said on Monday.

As of 9 November 2017, nine cases were detected in Afghanistan and five in Pakistan, the lowest number recorded in history, said UNICEF’s South Asia regional director.

Jean Gough said in a statement: “The town of Spin Boldak on Afghanistan’s southern border with Pakistan is at the epicentre of the global effort to eradicate polio.”

Afghanistan’s ninth case of the year, a three-year-old boy, was confirmed in the east, close to . . .

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