KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban insurgency has lifted a ban on World Health Organization activities in areas the militants control, a spokesman for the Islamist group said, reversing a stance that had been complicating efforts to eradicate polio.
The Taliban had in April banned the WHO and International Committee of the Red Cross, citing their "suspicious activities" during vaccination campaigns, which threatened to deepen one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
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