WHO, UNICEF launch Afghan polio vaccine campaign with Taliban backing

FILE PHOTO: A child receives a polio vaccination during an anti-polio campaign on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, December 1, 2015. REUTERS/Parwiz

(Corrects organisation of Naikwali Shah Momim from WHO to Afghanistan's ministry of health)

KABUL (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations children's agency kicked off a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan on Monday, the first nationwide campaign to fight the disease in three years.