“UN set to appeal for halt in the bombing and allow time for a huge relief operation.

UN sources in Pakistan said growing concern over the

deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country – in part, they

say, caused by the relentless bombing campaign – has forced

them to take the radical step. Aid officials estimate that up to

7.5 million Afghans might be threatened with starvation.

‘The situation is completely untenable inside Afghanistan. We

really need to get our point across here and have to be very bold

in doing it. Unless the [US air] strikes stop, there will be a huge

number of deaths,’ one UN source said.” Guardian UK