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Afghanistan Records Two New Polio Cases as 2026 Total Rises to Six

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed two new polio cases in Afghanistan, raising the total number of infections recorded in the country this year to six. The World Health Organization says two new cases of wild poliovirus have been detected in Afghanistan, underscoring continuing challenges to eradicating the disease in one of the last countries where polio remains endemic. According to the latest WHO bulletin, the new cases were id…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported two new cases of polio in Afghanistan, bringing the total number of positive cases in the country to six this year. Afghanistan has 34 cases in 2026. According to the World Health Organization, in 2025, a total of 21 human positive cases and 94 environmental cases were registered in Afghanistan. Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only two countries where polio has not been eradicated, according to t…

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ATN broke the news in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, June 18, 2026.
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