Included in this first shipment are 100 tons of wheat flour donated by the American government.
The shelter employs a staff of 200 and uses 48 tons of wheat straw every day.
The World Food Program has set a target of delivering 52,000 tons of wheat per month into Afghanistan.
Today's shipment included 10,000 jackets, 1,333 pairs of boots, 2,000 blankets and 50 tons of wheat flour.
Since September rich nations have given £80m and Ethiopia's agriculture ministry is buying 400,000 tons of wheat.
The food program still managed to transport 29,000 tons of wheat into the country during October.
In India, for instance, 21 million tons of wheat are wasted after being harvested but before they reach consumers.
Its citizens consume 18 million tons of wheat annually, more than half of which comes from abroad.
China had about 55 million tons of wheat in stockpiles as of last summer, Mr. Gunjal said.
This month, Mr. Huggins said, his goal is to ship more than 30,000 tons of wheat to the mountain villages in the heart of Afghanistan.
The looting stripped almost every aid office in Mazar-i-Sharif, and highwaymen stole nearly 200 tons of wheat from trucks outside Kandahar.
