The Taliban recently announced that they are suspending its polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan. The announcement was made shortly before the campaign was due to start. The suspension is temporary, according to the Taliban, and is due to security fears and the fact that women are involved in administering the vaccine.

The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is one of the world’s most infectious and any unvaccinated groups of children where the virus is spreading could undo years of progress.

Afghanistan is at risk of a polio outbreak, health officials have warned, after the Taliban suspended the vaccination campaign over security fears and restrictions on women.

The Taliban say that Afghanistan's Embassy in Oman has reopened. It’s the latest sign of their growing inclusion among Gulf Arab countries and follows the acceptance by the United Arab Emirates of a Taliban ambassador last month.

The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has halted all polio vaccination campaigns across the country, the United Nations reported.

Three years after seizing power, the Taliban is cracking down on women’s rights. After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, some hoped that its new rule would be much less extreme than the first time around,

It was the “unveiling” video that triggered the nausea. Hashmatullah Shahidi and Tim Southee, the Test captains of Afghanistan and New Zealand, stood either side of a trophy contested last week by their two nations in a one-off match in India,