First case of polio discovered in Kabul since 2001
The ministry has launched a three-day campaign to vaccinate all children under five in the area
Doctors say health crisis growing in Pakistan's remote northwest
Already enduring frequent attacks on militants by U.S. drone aircraft, a Taliban insurgency, sectarian violence and poverty, Pakistanis in the remote northwest face a new enemy: an unusually bitter winter
Resident gather as workers repair gas pipelines after they were blown up by unidentified men near the Punjabi town of Rahim Yar Khan
Resident gather as workers repair gas pipelines after they were blown up by unidentified men near the Punjabi town of Rahim Yar Khan, about 600 km (370 miles) south of Islamabad February 10. 2014. Separatist rebels from Pakistan's resource-rich Baluchistan province have blown up three gas pipelines, cutting supplies to the country's most economically important province, an official from a state-owned gas company said Monday.The rebels blew up the pipelines to Punjab province overnight, said Ayub Bajwa, the emergency manager on duty for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited in the capital of Islamabad. REUTER/Siddique Balouch (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW ENERGY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Workers repair gas pipelines after they were blown up by unidentified men near the Punjabi town of Rahim Yar Khan
Workers repair gas pipelines after they were blown up by unidentified men near the Punjabi town of Rahim Yar Khan, about 600 km (370 miles) south of Islamabad February 10. 2014. Separatist rebels from Pakistan's resource-rich Baluchistan province have blown up three gas pipelines, cutting supplies to the country's most economically important province, an official from a state-owned gas company said Monday.The rebels blew up the pipelines to Punjab province overnight, said Ayub Bajwa, the emergency manager on duty for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited in the capital of Islamabad. REUTER/Siddique Balouch (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW ENERGY)
Pakistani separatist militants blow up three gas pipelines
PAKISTAN-PIPELINES/BOMBING:Pakistani separatist militants blow up three gas pipelines
Rescue workers move the body of a victim killed by unknown gunmen at the Civil Hospital morgue in Karachi
Rescue workers move the body of a victim killed by unknown gunmen at the Civil Hospital morgue in Karachi February 9, 2014. At least six people were killed, including a young child, after unknown gunmen opened fire in Karachi's Baldia Town, local media reported. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
Rescue workers move the body of a victim killed by unknown gunmen at the Civil Hospital morgue in Karachi
Rescue workers move the body of a victim killed by unknown gunmen at the Civil Hospital morgue in Karachi February 9, 2014. At least six people were killed, including a young child, after unknown gunmen opened fire in Karachi's Baldia Town, local media reported. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
A relative mourns his family member, who was killed by unknown gunmen, next to his body in an ambulance, in Karachi
A relative (L) mourns his family member, who was killed by unknown gunmen, next to his body in an ambulance, outside the Civil Hospital morgue in Karachi February 9, 2014. At least six people were killed, including a young child, after unknown gunmen opened fire in Karachi's Baldia Town, local media reported. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
Eight killed in attack on Pakistani pro-government militia leaders
PAKISTAN-SHOOTOUT/:Eight killed in attack on Pakistani pro-government militia leaders