Red Cross-RI airlift for Afghans ends successfully<\/p>\n
KABUL (AFP): An airlift of emergency medical supplies, aimed
\nat helping those wounded in Afghanistan's long-standing conflict,
\nhas been successfully completed by the International Committee of
\nthe Red Cross (ICRC), said a Kabul spokesman yesterday.<\/p>\n
The airlift was carried out with the loan of an Indonesian
\nmilitary C-130 aircraft and crew.<\/p>\n
\"There were two flights this morning by the Indonesian C-130,
\nbringing the total amount of airlifted medical supplies to around
\n65 tons,\" said Kabul Red Cross spokesman Jacques Villetaz.<\/p>\n
\"The airlift operation has now been successfully completed,
\nenabling us to minimize the shortage in medical supplies. But we
\nstill need much more for the coming winter,\" Villetaz told AFP.<\/p>\n
The Hercules transport aircraft made a total of five flights
\nfrom the eastern provincial capital Jalalabad to airbases north
\nand south of Kabul, ferrying emergency medical supplies that
\naveraged 13 tons each, noted Villetaz.<\/p>\n
There was also one mission to the provincial capitals Mazar-i-
\nSharif and Herat to transport wheelchairs and crutches for
\nvictims of mine explosions. From Herat, nearly nine tons of
\nwinter clothing were transported back to Kabul.<\/p>\n
Both Indonesian Ambassador Havid Abdulgani and Kabul Red Cross
\nchief Peter Stocker were present at Bagram airbase, 50 kilometers
\nnorth of Kabul, yesterday to personally thank the Indonesian air
\nforce crew of the C-130 for their help.<\/p>\n
However, Villetaz said that additional supplies needed to be
\ntransported by land routes to ten hospitals in and around Kabul.<\/p>\n
Red Cross officials are currently negotiating with the Afghan
\nauthorities on arranging convoys of medical assistance, Villetaz
\nsaid.<\/p>",
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