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Taliban To Ban Polio Vaccinations For Children Until US Stops Drone Strikes -- Yahoo News/The Lookout
A Taliban leader in Pakistan said that until the United States stops drone strikes—like the one that killed al-Qaida no. 2 Abu Yahya al-Libi earlier this month—it will ban polio vaccinations of Pakistani children in the region it controls.
"Polio drops will be banned in North Waziristan until the drones strikes are stopped," Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur said in a statement released Saturday and published Monday by CNN. "Almost every resident of North Waziristan has become a mental patient because of the drone strikes, which are worse than polio. On one hand, the U.S. spends millions of dollars to eliminate polio, while on the other hand it kills hundreds with the help of its slave, Pakistan."
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More News On The Taliban Banning Polio Vaccinations
Taliban Block Vaccinations in Pakistan -- New York Times
Taliban to U.S.: End drone strikes in Pakistan, or no more polio vaccines -- CNN
Militants Ban Polio Vaccination in NW Pakistan -- Voice of America
Taliban block polio vaccination campaign -- UPI
Pakistani Taliban bans polio vaccination -- NDTV
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