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70pc Uruzgan children missed during polio drive

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TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Due to Taliban’s ban on anti-polio vaccination, around 70 percent children were missed in recent vaccination campaigns in central Uruzgan province, officials said on Wednesday.

A three-day polio vaccination campaign targeting 50,000 children in stable areas of the province was launched here by Public Hospital Director Dr. Khan Aghan Miaklhel.

Dr. Miakhel told Pajhwok Afghan News vaccinators faced more problems after Taliban militants banned anti-polio vaccination in areas under their controll.

He said around 140,000 children could . . .

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