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Taliban ban anti-polio drive in Pakistan tribal area
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — Pakistani militants in a Taliban and Al-Qaeda infested tribal region Saturday banned anti-polio vaccination teams, to protest US drone strikes saying the attacks were killing civilians.
"Anti-polio vaccination teams will not be allowed to administer polio drops among children in North Waziristan," local warlord Gul Bahadur said in a statement.
Bahadur, who is allied with Afghan Taliban fighting US-led troops across the border, said the ban will remain effective until the US stops drone attacks in the tribal region.
"On the one hand they are killing innocent women, children and old people in drone attacks and on the other they are spending millions on vaccination campaign," the statement distributed in the region's main town Miranshah said.
It said "the day and night US drone flights in Waziristan are causing mental illness in the local population which is more dangerous than polio."
Residents said people would respond to the call as Bahadur commands influence in the region.
Classic case of "Cutting off the nose to spite the face" !
"Anti-polio vaccination teams will not be allowed to administer polio drops among children in North Waziristan," local warlord Gul Bahadur said in a statement.
Bahadur, who is allied with Afghan Taliban fighting US-led troops across the border, said the ban will remain effective until the US stops drone attacks in the tribal region.
"On the one hand they are killing innocent women, children and old people in drone attacks and on the other they are spending millions on vaccination campaign," the statement distributed in the region's main town Miranshah said.
It said "the day and night US drone flights in Waziristan are causing mental illness in the local population which is more dangerous than polio."
Residents said people would respond to the call as Bahadur commands influence in the region.
Classic case of "Cutting off the nose to spite the face" !
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