The Taliban has suspended polio vaccination campaigns across Afghanistan, the United Nations announced Monday. News of the suspension was relayed to U.N. agencies right before the September immunization campaign was due to start.

Afghanistan is one of two countries in which the spread of the potentially fatal, paralyzing disease has never been stopped. No reason was given for the suspension.

Afghanistan is at risk of a polio outbreak, health officials have warned, after the Taliban suspended the vaccination campaign over security fears and restrictions on women.

The U.N. says the Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan. It's a devastating setback for polio eradication.

The Taliban has suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, a country where the disease remains uncontrolled. The U.N. received news of the suspension right before a scheduled September campaign.

The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has halted all polio vaccination campaigns across the country, the United Nations reported.