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A health worker administers a vaccination to a child during a polio campaign in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, June 15, 2021. UN agencies are gearing up to vaccinate all of Afghanistan’s children under 5 against polio after the Taliban agreed to the

An upcoming vaccine drive in Afghanistan is an ‘unprecedented opportunity’ to eradicate polio, UN official says

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UNICEF and the World Health Organization reached an agreement with the Taliban allowing the vaccinations to resume and permitting Afghan women vaccine workers to take part in the drives as well.

Taliban fighters patrol in Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan

Taliban violently quashes small protest in Jalalabad

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An Afghan security person is shown holding a large rifle pointed up and wear a helmut and other military-grade equipment.

Hundreds missing after Afghanistan prison attack; Iran’s underreported coronavirus death toll; 90 minute COVID-19 test in Britain

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Afghan Outrage Over Kandahar Killings Continues

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