RI plane delivers aid to Afghanistan<\/p>\n
LOGAR, Afghanistan (AFP): Indonesia sent a military transport
\nplane carrying 30 tons of Red Cross medical supplies to strife
\ntorn Kabul yesterday.<\/p>\n
\"We are very happy that our aircraft landed safely and the
\nfirst two deliveries of medical supplies have been made,\" Havid
\nAbdulgani, Indonesian ambassador to Afghanistan told AFP.<\/p>\n
The Hercules C-130 transporter made two deliveries of medical
\nsupplies -- 13 tons to Bagram airbase controlled by forces loyal
\nto Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani and 16 tons to Logar
\nairbase which is controlled by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the
\nrival Hezb-i-Islami faction.<\/p>\n
The first medical supplies were transported from the Red Cross
\ndepot in the eastern Afghan provincial capital Jalalabad. A
\nfurther 50 tons of supplies will be transported today and
\ntomorrow, said a Red Cross spokesman.<\/p>\n
The spokesman said the delay in Pakistan which caused the
\ncancellation of the first planned relief flight Thursday was
\ncaused by \"minor problems in paper-work.\"<\/p>\n
During the landing at Logar, a simple stretch of leveled
\ndesert, the Indonesian C-130 blew one of its tires.<\/p>\n
\"It's not a big problem, but it will take an hour or more to
\nrepair,\" said pilot-officer I.B. Anom as the flight crew from
\nIndonesian Air Force Squadron 32 manhandled a spare tire out of
\nthe cargo hold.<\/p>\n
Bad weather nearly scuttled the Logar flight. Just after
\nleaving Jalalabad, winter storm clouds obscured looming mountain
\npeaks cutting normal visibility to nil. The Indonesians had to
\nrely on their multi-colored radar.<\/p>\n
Flight deck tension eased when the clouds suddenly broke open.<\/p>\n
At Logar, as with Bagram, the medical supplies were rapidly
\ntransferred from the C-130 to waiting Red Cross trucks by teams
\nof Afghan volunteers.<\/p>\n
Today the Indonesian C-130 will transport supplies including a
\nlarge number of wheel-chairs and crutches for war-disabled. A
\nlarge amount of winter clothing will also be ferried to Kabul.<\/p>",
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