Militant commander warns polio team to stay away from his area

Militant commander warns polio team to stay away from his area

Peshawar: (Saturday, June 16, 2012) Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a militant commander has warned the polio vaccination team to stay away from his area bordering Afghanistan.

This recent statement by Gul Bahadur is a real obstacle on the way to the efforts to eradicate polio from Pakistan – the country which is among the three countries in the world where the polio virus still exists.

The warning by the militant commander was given through a pamphlet distributed today in the markets in the troubled areas of North Waziristan. The said pamphlet read that spies could enter the area under the cover of vaccination
teams.

Bahadur, who controls areas near the Afghan border, has had a focus on US and Nato forces and he is also believed to have a truce with the Pakistan Army.

No Pakistani official could be approached for comments.

The polio virus, which usually infects children living in unsanitary conditions, attacks the nerves and can kill or paralyze.

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Posted by Fayyaz Yaseen on Jun 16 2012. Filed under Pakistan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry