Aid only to the deserving...ie those under "allied" control

[Ken Hanly]

UNICEF aid for Afghanistan stopped at Uzbekistan border
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) - A planeload of food and medicine provided by
UNICEF landed Thursday in the border city of Termez intended for
Afghanistan, but border guards refused to open the bridge across the Afghan
frontier until the Taliban are forced out of Mazar-e-Sharif.

The UNICEF plane, flying from Copenhagen, Denmark, brought 44 tons of milk
powder, biscuits and medicine for Afghani children. It was the fourth aid
plane to fly to Termez.

Uzbekistan and the United Nations agreed last month on passage of
humanitarian aid through this Central Asian nation, a key ally of the
U.S.-led coalition against terrorism.

All aid is being stockpiled in Termez, waiting for Uzbek barges to start
deliveries across the Amu Darya River next week, UNICEF said. But the
bridge, which spans Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, will remain closed until
Mazar-e-Sharif, the nearest Afghan city on the other side of the river, is
freed from Taliban control, border guards said.