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Polio returns to Afghan capital Kabul after 13 years
AFP
Published ? Tuesday 11 February 2014
Last update 11 February 2014 2:25 pm
KABUL: Afghanistan has launched an emergency polio vaccination campaign in Kabul after a girl contracted the disease, the city's first case since the Taliban were ousted in 2001.
The three-year-old from a nomadic family living on the northeastern edge of the city was diagnosed after being admitted to hospital in neighboring Pakistan, a spokesman for the Afghan public health ministry said.
The spokesman, Kaneshka Baktash Turkistani said it was not clear whether the girl had contracted the virus in Kabul or Pakistan...
Polio returns to Afghan capital Kabul after 13 years
AFP
Published ? Tuesday 11 February 2014
Last update 11 February 2014 2:25 pm
KABUL: Afghanistan has launched an emergency polio vaccination campaign in Kabul after a girl contracted the disease, the city's first case since the Taliban were ousted in 2001.
The three-year-old from a nomadic family living on the northeastern edge of the city was diagnosed after being admitted to hospital in neighboring Pakistan, a spokesman for the Afghan public health ministry said.
The spokesman, Kaneshka Baktash Turkistani said it was not clear whether the girl had contracted the virus in Kabul or Pakistan...