Polio: Khyber reports 8th case as Taliban ban continues

Presen­ce of virus confir­med in a 12-month-old from Bara.  The total number of polio cases in the country has now reached 20. PHOTO: FILE
PESHAWAR: 
Far from showing signs of letting up, polio cases in the tribal belt are emerging with increasing frequency.
The National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad on Friday confirmed the preventable disease in 12-month-old Ayesha, a resident of Nala Kajori in Bara, Khyber Agency. Having not received even a single dose of the

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