No Polio Vaccinarion For Children In Tribal Areas Of Pakistan

Pakistani authorities will try to persuade militants in a northwest tribal area to lift a ban on anti-polio vaccination teams imposed in protest at US drone strikes, officials said on Wednesday. Local warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur on Saturday banned the anti-polio campaign in North Waziristan, a Taliban and al-Qaeda-infested region bordering Afghanista...

Pakistani authorities will try to persuade militants in a northwest tribal area to lift a ban on anti-polio vaccination teams imposed in protest at US drone strikes, officials said on Wednesday. Local warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur on Saturday banned the anti-polio campaign in North Waziristan, a Taliban and al-Qaeda-infested region bordering Afghanista...