RIYADH, 15 April 2003 — The Kingdom will ship 100 tons of dates to be distributed among the needy people in Kabul, Kandahar, Jalalabad, Herat, and Mazar-e-Sharif, according to Interior Minister Prince Naif, supervisor of the Saudi Relief Committee for Afghans. The committee’s offices in Afghanistan have already completed distribution of a large number of blankets worth SR800,000 among the needy.