http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1600694.stmA United Nations official has harshly condemned the United States policy of dropping food aid to Afghanistan while bombing the country.
Jean Ziegler, whose job is to defend the right to food, described the US actions as "totally catastrophic for humanitarian aid".
He said that because the food drops were not targeted, "the man with the gun picks it up. So Americans are feeding the Taleban every night."
Separately, the UN children's agency Unicef warned on Monday that 100,000 Afghan children could die this winter unless food reaches them before the end of the year. snip
He warned that dropping food over wide areas could send hungry children into mine fields.
He also said combining military and humanitarian missions could endanger the lives of aid workers, the BBC's Emma Jane Kirby says.
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