Pakistan: Indian Polio Crackdown 'Unfortunate'

Officials in Pakistan have criticized as "overreaction" recent cross-border travel restrictions India has imposed to prevent the polio virus from entering the country. Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan are the only three nations across the globe where the crippling disease remains endemic. Last week, the Indian diplomatic mission in Islamabad announced that travelers from Pakistan, both adults and children, would require mandatory polio vaccination at least six weeks prior to...

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