Second Polio Case Confirmed in Afghanistan This Year

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed Afghanistan’s second case of polio in 2025, identified in March in the southern province of Helmand.

While the WHO report did not provide further details, the case follows the year’s first confirmed infection in Badghis province, where a five-year-old girl in Bala Murghab district contracted the virus.