Afghanistan, April 7 -- Around 100,000 people in the Nuristan districts of Barg-e-Matal and Kamdesh have been cut off from humanitarian assistance despite a relative drop in fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Monday. The warning highlights how even reduced violence along the frontier is still disrupting civilian access to food, medicine and emergency relief.
OCHA said access to the two districts is technically possible through a road running from Nari district in Kunar province, but the route has become unusable for civilians and aid groups because of firing from across the border. Local Taliban officials in Nuristan had earlier confirmed shooting along the same c...