Head of Nooristan Elites Institution Criticizes Taliban Over Blocked Roads, Insufficient Aid

Transportation routes in Nooristan province remain blocked, limiting access and complicating aid delivery to the area.

Mr. Noorstani, head of the Nooristan Elites Institution, stated that the Taliban lacks the ability to reopen these routes and does not permit residents to publicly complain about the problems. He noted that the Taliban is airlifting vital aid to the province, but it reaches only a small number of people and remains insufficient.

Noorstani cited images and local sources claiming that Pakistan has seized a strategic point in Nooristan and aims to prolong the war via routes through Khost and Nooristan.

The Taliban attributes the blockages to natural factors such as heavy snowfall. Local sources, however, have previously attributed the closures to Pakistani rocket attacks.

Separately, the Taliban Ministry for Promotion of Virtue announced that tribal elders and residents from Nooristan met with Khalid Hanafi in Kabul, demanding the quick reopening of the routes.