message: Before we take your general questions, I'd like to make a few opening remarks concerning ISAF support to the Afghan people during these frigid winter months. Some opposition leaders continued with their abrasive manners and asperity, whereas some members of the ruling party also showed intolerance to the dissent and were averse to take along the opposition members, as they wished to take all the credit for relief and reconstruction. As the most urgent needs of these communities have been mostly met, in the coming days the ICRC will focus on those villages which were partially destroyed by the seismic waves. But with nearly 200,000 people living in and around the town before the tsunamis struck, there are expectations the death toll in the region will climb dramatically as rescue workers and assessment teams reach isolated areas. There was more heavy rain overnight in Jakarta, although the weather brightened on Tuesday. In northern Kenya, more 50 lorries carrying foodstuffs, fuel and other essential commodities worth more than Sh100 million destined for Marsabit, Moyale and Ethiopia have been stuck in the mud between Serolevi, Merrille, Loisamis and Loglogo Trading Centres, as massive downpour made the Isiolo/Moyale road impassable. Thousands of people along Burma's eastern border states have been forced to remain in makeshift shelters after days of heavy rains triggered widespread flooding, which observers say was the most severe in two decades. A brief respite after three to four feet of snow was dumped in various parts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) that grounded relief flights and halted distributions, is expected to end in the coming days, with more snow and colder temperatures forecast by the local meteorological department. 08/05/2013 06:59 GMT KATHMANDU, August 5, 2013 (AFP) - Six pilgrims drowned in northeastern Nepal Monday while trying to cross a rain-swollen river, becoming the latest casualties of heavy monsoon downpours, a local police official said. The meeting will be brokered by the UN and is the first step towards the establishment of a broad-based representative government in Afghanistan. It is very tragic that a medical technician in Quetta has been refusing vaccination for his children.