The militants of the radical terrorist movement “Taliban” (prohibited in Russia) banned vaccination against coronavirus in the province of Pactte in the east of Afghanistan. This is reported by TASS with reference to the local TV channel Shamshad.
According to the TV channel, the head of the Health Department of the Afghan province of Han Ahmadzai stated that after capturing control over the Taliban region, it was ordered to close the local branch of vaccination. It is noted that it does not work for three days.
Representatives of the Taliban also warned local doctors and medical professionals to ban vaccinations from COVID-19 for the entire provincial population.
August 8 reported that 12 people from one family died from the explosion of the self-made explosive device in the Pact. The car in which the family was driving, blew up on a self-made bomb in Sayyid Caram. Afghans tried to leave away from the fighting area. Among the dead – six children, three women and three men.