Pak to talk with militants on anti-polio ban

June 21, 2012 00:52

AFP reports: Pakistani authorities will try to persuade militants in a northwest tribal area to lift a ban on anti-polio vaccination teams imposed in protest at US drone strikes, officials said on Tuesday.

Local warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur on Saturday had banned the anti-polio campaign in North Waziristan, a Taliban and Al Qaeda-infested region bordering Afghanistan.

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