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

But Islamabad has frequently blamed the Taliban government in neighbouring Afghanistan ... a policeman was killed in an attack on a health office that manages door-to-door polio vaccination campaigns.

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

"Two militants attacked policemen guarding a polio vaccination team," said ... of militant activity including by the Pakistani Taliban. The vaccination campaign was paused in the area of the ...

"After August 2021, when the Pakistani Taliban regrouped in the region and got space, they restarted their anti-polio vaccination campaigns. And now we are seeing a sudden surge in cases of polio ...

which has long been a hive of violent activity including by the Pakistani Taliban. The vaccination campaign was paused in the area of the attack but continued elsewhere in Orakzai, police said.

Also on Tuesday, militants stormed a health centre in North Waziristan, another former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in ...

Also on Tuesday, militants stormed a health centre in North Waziristan, another former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in ... campaigns against polio, claiming the vaccination drives are ...