61.   However, air drops continued and the food distribution will go on, she said.

62.   Humanitarian organizations believe such air drops should be used only as a last resort to get food to hungry Afghans, believing that land deliveries are far more effective.

63.   In Washington, the Pentagon was looking at air drops to stave off the potential humanitarian disaster.

64.   International aid agency Oxfam joined the criticism, saying the air drops are expensive and inefficient.

65.   Inaccurate air drops of aid have been used in the Bosnian war only in cases of extreme emergency.

66.   It is also considering air drops of food into remoter areas and preparing a helicopter to rush aid to the worst IDP cases.

67.   --Operation Provide Promise, air drops and land convoy supplies of relief aid to Bosnia.

68.   Redmond said the U.N. refugee agency had considered air drops of food, but abandoned the idea for fear the planes would be shot down.

69.   The air drops will be focused on areas inside Afghanistan, not refugee camps in Pakistan and other bordering countries, Quigley said.

70.   The humanitarian air drops have been concentrated south of here near the border with Pakistan.