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Subject: United Nations moves more food to Afghanistan as winter approaches Author: No name [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 16:35:26 12/03/01 Mon November 16, 2001 United Nations moves more food to Afghanistan as winter approaches Canadian Press http://www.nationalpost.com/ TERMEZ, Uzbekistan (AP) - The United Nations moved another 200 tonnes of food to Afghanistan Friday, part of an effort to increase supplies in the country as winter approaches. The United Nations estimates that some three million Afghans depend on food aid. The area most in need is the north of the country, which borders Uzbekistan. A barge filled with 200 tonnes of wheat flour from the World Food Program left the Uzbek port of Termez on Friday for the Afghan port of Hairaton, about 20 kilometres upstream on the Amu Darya River, WFP spokesman Michael Huggins said. It was the third barge to depart in as many days. The WFP is hoping to move at least one barge of food a day. UNICEF says it plans to move two barges a week filled with blankets, shoes, winter coats and food aid to Afghanistan. The food aid began almost a week after fighters of the northern alliance drove the Taliban from northern Afghanistan. The barge traffic was repeatedly delayed amid reports of lawlessness and looting in the northern areas and in Mazar-e-Sharif, the main city in northern Afghanistan. Aid workers from the United Nations and from other groups are beginning to move back to northern Afghanistan. They say it is crucial to deliver supplies before winter snows close roads, isolating parts of the country. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]