| U.N. aid shipments headed for war-ravaged and isolated Afghanistan on Saturday for the first time since they were suspended shortly after the devastating attacks on the United States. All shipments had been stopped and foreign aid workers pulled out of the country after the attacks on New York and Washington, but aid agency officials said they needed to resume supplies because of a vicious cycle of drought and war. Two shipments left on Saturday, one carrying 100 tons of food for the capital Kabul, and another with 200 tons of food and warm clothing for children living in opposition-controlled areas in the north of the country. The food for Kabul, which is held by the ruling Taliban movement, was sent by trucks by the World Food Program on a trial basis. |