Eight polio vaccinators killed in series of Afghan attacks: UN reports

A health worker administers the polio vaccine to a child in the old quarter of Kabul in Nvember 2021, soon after the Taliban said it would work with the United Nations on a campaign to eradicate the virus. PHOTO | AFP

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  • Polio teams were frequently targeted by insurgent groups in Afghanistan until the Taliban's takeover of the country last year

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