The Chinarto district of central Uruzgan province has been besieged by Taliban insurgents for the past three years and since local residents have been struggling with shortage of essential items.
Uruzgan Governor and other officials yesterday travelled to the district and met with some tribal elders.
The district personnel and local people urged the visiting delegation to provide them with basic assistance.
Raz Mohammad, a resident of the Bazaar area of the district, told the delegation that the Taliban militants had closed all roads to the district for the past three years, not allowing food and other items to be shifted there. He said residents of the district faced hungry and price hike.
Another tribal elder, Haji Mirajan, told Pajhwok Afghan News that two months back the Taliban attacked the district and as a result, their homes were destroyed and they suffered human and financial losses.
“Still the district bazaar under siege, Taliban attack security check-posts every night”, he concluded.
Maleem Faiz Mohammad, the district’s administrative head and police chief Akhatar Mohammad also confirmed these issues and told Pajhwok that logistics and other supplies could not reach them on time and sometimes even wounded soldiers could not be shifted away from the battleground.
Governor Mohammad Shafiq Asadullah Sayeed said his trip to the Chinarto district was aimed at hearing from people about their concerns.
He promised to dispatch food items from Tirinkot, the provincial capital, to the district at the earliest. He called on the Taliban in the district to join the peace process and shun insurgency.
