| High Commissioner Calls for Halt to BombingThe World Food Program estimates that6 million Afghans will need massive amounts of wheat before winter. International aid workers essentially cannot operate in the country,while the bombings continue. Convoys of food trucks may beaccidentally bombed, as they were in Kosovo. Aid workers also fearreturning because the bombings are making people angry, and someAfghans have beaten UN workers. On October 12, Mary Robinson, the UNhigh commissioner for human rights, called for a halt to the bombing,so that food can be delivered to the Afghani people quickly. In thenext few weeks, snow will fall in the mountain passes and make itimpossible for food trucks to get through. According to Dominic Nutt,emergencies officer for Christian Aid, “Quite simply, the bombing muststop as soon as possible…If this is not done (food is not delivered)before the winter snows come, thousands-even hundreds ofthousands-will certainly die.” —Ruth Wilson |
