Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan: UN

Afghanistan is one of two countries in which the spread of the potentially fatal, paralysing disease has never been stopped.

Afghanistan is one of two countries in which the spread of the potentially fatal, paralysing disease has never been stopped. The other is Pakistan.

News of the suspension was relayed to UN agencies right before the September immunisation campaign was due to start.

No reason was given for the suspension, and no one from the Taliban-controlled government was immediately available for comment