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

Beijing has frequently demanded better security for its nationals in Pakistan. Taliban suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan: U.N. China's ambassador to Pakistan, Jiang Zaidong ...

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A powerful bomb attached to a motorcycle has exploded near a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in restive southwest Pakistan, killing nine people including five nearby ...

Suspicion is likely to fall on separatist groups and Pakistani Taliban which have stepped up attacks on security forces and civilians recently.

A powerful bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded near a vehicle carrying police assigned to protect polio workers in south ... separatist groups and Pakistani Taliban which have stepped up ...

Pakistan has seen a surge in polio cases this year ... of militant violence in its western regions since 2021, when the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. Islamabad accuses Kabul's rulers ...

But Islamabad has frequently blamed the Taliban government in neighbouring ... an attack on a health office that manages door-to-door polio vaccination campaigns. The attacks have coincided ...

No-one claimed responsibility for the attack on police, but suspicion is likely to fall on separatist groups and Pakistani Taliban which have stepped up ... it was heading to a health centre to escort ...

Campaign against polio vaccinators Pakistan's hard-line extremist group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has sustained a violent campaign against polio vaccinators and security forces guarding ...