1.   Blocked roads kept people from receiving food supplies from neighboring areas or taking their sick to Kabul, the capital, for treatment.

2.   Greek Cypriots, and often Muslims too, take their sick to the monastery in the belief that it has healing powers.

3.   Greek Cypriots, and often Muslims too, take their sick to the monastery in the belief that the place has healing powers.

4.   Rescue workers left behind provisions of rice, corn, beans, cooking oil and milk before taking the sick to get medical care.

5.   Anant Daru, another journalist, said health officials had asked people to take the sick to state-run hospitals.

6.   Red Cross workers said they could not afford to hire vehicles to take the sick to the nearest dispensary.