US Will Increase Humanitarian Relief in Afghanistan: WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. military will step up humanitarian relief efforts in Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan that begins in about a week, a senior Pentagon official said Friday. Such an effort could be aided by the reported capture of the strategically important northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif by anti-Taliban forces. Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defense, said the United States will continue its campaign against Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida terrorist network in Afghanistan without a Ramadan pause. "We know that Ramadan is a special time," Wolfowitz said in an interview with radio reporters. "It's a time to concentrate even more than we do anyway -- which is a lot -- on things like humanitarian operations."