“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 ...

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

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

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in Orakzai, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and a former ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants attacked a health center used in an ongoing anti-polio campaign in northwestern Pakistan ...

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on police, but suspicion is likely to fall on separatist groups and ...

“Polio has no cure, but it can be prevented ... cases were from the restive northwest bordering Afghanistan, where the Taliban government in September suddenly stopped a door-to-door vaccination ...

Meanwhile, health officials in Taliban-led Afghanistan announced Monday the opening of a three-day polio-vaccination campaign, saying it aims to reach 6.2 million children under five in 16 of the ...

another former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, snatched guns from officers and warned health workers who had gathered there not to take part in the anti-polio campaign ...

another former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, snatched guns from officers and warned health workers who had gathered there not to take part in the anti-polio campaign ...

No polio worker was harmed in Tuesday's attack but another police officer was wounded, Khan added. Also Tuesday, militants stormed a health center in North Waziristan, another former stronghold of the ...