Afghanistan Is the World’s Polio Capital. These Afghans Hope to Fix That. on November 12, 2018KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — At just 2 years old, Madina had been vaccinated seven times. It was not enough: When she fell ill this fall, a trip to the doctor in Kandahar City confirmed that she was among the latest Afghan toddlers to contract polio. Almost a million children in Kandahar Province alone, like Madina, need […]