Via LWJ:
An influential Taliban leader in South Waziristan who is favored by the Pakistani military and government has become the second Taliban leader to order a halt to polio vaccinations in areas under his control due to objections over US drone strikes in the tribal areas.
Mullah Nazir, the leader of the Taliban in the Wazir tribal areas who is known to shelter top al Qaeda leaders and who has called himself a member of al Qaeda, said the polio vaccination program is being used by the US to spy against terrorist groups and conduct drone strikes in the tribal areas.
“Polio and other foreign-funded vaccination drives in Wana sub division would not be allowed until US drone operations in the agency are stopped,” a pamphlet issued by Nazir stated, according to Dawn.
“In the garb of these vaccination campaigns, the US and its allies are running their spying networks in FATA [Federally Administered Tribal Agencies] which has brought death and destruction on them in the form of drone strikes,” the pamphlet continued.