Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement yesterday urged the international community to help it extinguish a huge fire raging for days in the eastern forests. Reports on what caused the fire in the Paich valley of Kunar province are sketchy, but several thousand families have fled their homes and international help is required to douse the blaze, a Taleban official said. He said the fire broke out last Sunday and has now spread to other parts of the valley, covering hundreds of hectares (acres). At least four people have been killed.