THIRTY truck loads of food, medicines and blankets donated by Libya left Quetta in Pakistan after dark on Saturday for the devastated Taliban stronghold of Kandahar” This is for the refugees not the Taliban,” said Mohamad Ismail, a director of the Tripoli-based Gaddafi International Foundation for Charity Association, run by the Libyan leader’s son, Saif Muammar Gaddafi. ”We are trying to do as much as we can but of course that is not enough. We are calling on the world to help the Afghan people.” The convoy was expected to reach the ruined town in southern Afghanistan by daybreak on Sunday. There is no electricity in Kandahar, which has borne the brunt of US attacks to force the Taliban to hand over its honoured ”guest” Osama bin Laden. Water supplies have also been cut. According to the United Nations, about 80% of Kandahar’s population of 200 000 people have fled. The trucks were carrying 1 350 tonnes of aid, including rice, dates, blankets, shawls and medicine. Mohamad Ismail said another convoy of 50 trucks would leave Islamabad for the Afghan capital Kabul next week. – AFP