Polio detected in Pakistani Taliban stronghold: officials
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Polio resurfaces in region of Pakistan.A case of polio was found in a seven-month-old girl in northwestern Swat valley, where regular vaccinations cannot took place due to ongoing unrest, officials said.
The military has been fighting militants led by a pro-Taliban cleric in the scenic area since October. The clashes have prevented inoculation teams from reaching children in some parts of the valley.
Threats to health workers and fighting between government security forces and militants have disrupted vaccinations in about half of the Swat Valley since September 2007.
A Swat-based pro-Taliban cleric, Maulana Fazlullah, had reportedly opposed polio vaccination, saying it was a Western conspiracy to render Muslims infertile.
Last year, armed Fazlullah supporters took control of most of the scenic valley in Pakistan's volatile northwest before the army moved in and forced them into the mountains.
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Polio resurfaces in region of Pakistan.A case of polio was found in a seven-month-old girl in northwestern Swat valley, where regular vaccinations cannot took place due to ongoing unrest, officials said.
The military has been fighting militants led by a pro-Taliban cleric in the scenic area since October. The clashes have prevented inoculation teams from reaching children in some parts of the valley.
Threats to health workers and fighting between government security forces and militants have disrupted vaccinations in about half of the Swat Valley since September 2007.
A Swat-based pro-Taliban cleric, Maulana Fazlullah, had reportedly opposed polio vaccination, saying it was a Western conspiracy to render Muslims infertile.
Last year, armed Fazlullah supporters took control of most of the scenic valley in Pakistan's volatile northwest before the army moved in and forced them into the mountains.
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