Polio Vaccination Campaign to Begin in Southeastern Afghanistan Hayatullah.Rahimi Mon, 05/18/2026 - 03:40 Author Mohammad Yousuf Hanif Health A polio vaccination campaign is scheduled to begin on Monday in southeastern Afghanistan, during which 1.3 million children under the age of five will be vaccinated. Officials say the four-day campaign will be carried out in provinces where the threat of the spread of the polio virus is high. Ahmad Gul, the head of the polio vaccination program in the southeastern zone, said: “This campaign will be implemented in provinces where the risk of polio cases is high.