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Nearly 40,000 Kunar children miss polio drops

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ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Tens of thousands of children could not be administered polio drops in the previous campaigns in Taliban-controlled areas in eastern Kunar province, an official said Monday.

Public Health Department Director Dr. Aziz Rahman Safi said about 39,800 children below five years of age were deprived of vaccination in Marwara, Sarkani, Nari, Shigal, Manogi, Noorgul, Chapa Dara, Watapur, Narang, Sawaki and Dangam districts in the previous drive.

He claimed Taliban did not allow vaccination . . .

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