KABUL, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan is committed to eradicating polio, a health official said Monday at the launch of a nationwide vaccination campaign, local media Tolonews reported.

Sharafat Zaman Omarkhil, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health, made the remarks as the latest immunization drive in the current year began.

This is the final anti-polio campaign of 2025. Over four days, about 7.2 million children under five will receive oral polio vaccine drops in 16 of the country's 34 provinces, including the capital, Kabul.

Zaman urged families to cooperate in the fight against the crippling disease and to assist health workers until the country is free of the wild poliovirus.

According to the report, nine polio cases have been registered in Afghanistan so far in 2025. Enditem