Pakistan has reported its ninth polio case in 2026, involving a seven-month-old boy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Cross-border virus links to Afghanistan raise concerns, while repeated attacks, kidnappings and killings targeting vaccination workers and security personnel threaten ongoing polio eradication campaigns
Pakistan reported two new polio cases, raising the 2025 tally to 21. The cases involved young girls from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh. Despite eradication efforts, polio persists, prompting a major vaccination drive targeting 28 million children from September 1
