Stardate 20011013.0559 (On Screen): One of the reasons there is such great urgency in trying to get large quantities of food into Afghanistan is that when winter starts movement over the roads there will become difficult. They hope not just to get enough food in to feed people now, but also enough to build up stockpiles in warehouses to be used later. They have to try, but I'm afraid there's a good chance that it will be a useless gesture. As the Taliban's grasp on power continues to weaken, lower level groups ostensibly part of the organization will break free and start to work as bandits. This is already happening, such as with the local group in the west which tried to demand a "road tax" from a food convoy. If there is a lot of food in warehouses in Kabul, eventually some local warlord will raid and steal it. (Or the Northern Alliance might seize it when they take the city.) The food agencies surely won't be permitted armed guards for their warehouses, and nothing short of that could prevent this from happening.
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