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To: maceng2 who wrote (12660)	12/8/2001 6:25:39 AM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 281500

Tajikistan to open ferry crossing to Afghanistan for aid The government of Tajikistan is opening a ferry crossing to Afghanistan to deliver aid. The first convoy will cross to the port of Sherkhan-Bandar tomorrow. More than 200 tons of flour, food and blankets will be distributed. Ferry operations were shut down in September 2000 after Taliban military units set up camps near Afghanistan's border on Tajikistan, says Colonel Alexander Kondratyev, chief of the Russian border guards press service. All preparations have been made for the ferries to resume their operations, Col Kondratyev said. He said the first convoy of 34 trucks will deliver humanitarian aid to Sherkhan-Bandar. The aid will be delivered to the administrative centre at Kunduz in northern Afghanistan for distribution. The aid includes 150 tons of flour donated by the UN World Food Programme and 100 tons of Russian humanitarian aid, including flour, baby food, medicine, beds, and blankets. ananova.com