First polio case has been detected in Pakistan's militant-infested tribal belt since the Taliban banned vaccinations a year ago, says a UN official.

Tribesmen in North Waziristan, Pakistan's most notorious stronghold of Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants, endorsed the Taliban ban and stopped authorities from vaccinating children under a nationwide campaign.
"This has been the first case since we were stopped from vaccinating children in the region last year," Durry said.
The Taliban alleged that the campaign was a cover for espionage.
Efforts to tackle the highly infectious disease have been hampered over the years by local suspicion about vaccines being a plot to sterilise Muslims, particularly in Pakistan's conservative and poorly educated northwest.
"We are worried because this new case comes as an example of a bigger impending outbreak of disease in the region," the WHO official said.
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Durry said the United Nations and the Pakistani government are working together to reach out to the children in North Waziristan.
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