News Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Abhishek Dixit
Updated Sat, 26 Feb 2022 05:51 PM IST
Summary
Farid Mamundjay said that the first consignment of 2500 metric tonnes of wheat as humanitarian aid reached Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Wednesday morning. On Wednesday, 50 trucks were sent from ICP Attari to Afghanistan via Pakistan.
India has delivered the first consignment of wheat to Afghanistan, which is facing a food crisis, on humanitarian grounds. The first convoy of 2500 metric tonnes of wheat reached Jalalabad on Saturday morning. This first consignment of wheat has reached Afghanistan via Pakistan. On Wednesday, 50 trucks from ICP Attari were sent to Afghanistan via Pakistan.
These were flagged off by India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla. The Ambassador of Afghanistan, Fareed Mamundzai was also present on the occasion. India has sent 50 thousand metric tonnes of wheat on humanitarian grounds to Afghanistan, which is facing a food crisis. The first consignment which reached Afghanistan via Pakistan. Let us tell you that the situation in Afghanistan has been very bad since the occupation of Taliban on 15 August last year.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah thanked the Indian government for receiving humanitarian help and also urged other countries to help on humanitarian grounds. Shringla had said that 10,000 metric tonnes of wheat has been sent to Afghanistan under the World Food Program in the first consignment.
24 million people urgently need humanitarian aid: UN
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric has said that the situation in Afghanistan is very bad. More than 24 million Afghans are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. A group of eight senior emergency experts from UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations has also called for life-saving humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
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India has delivered the first consignment of wheat to Afghanistan, which is facing a food crisis, on humanitarian grounds. The first convoy of 2500 metric tonnes of wheat reached Jalalabad on Saturday morning. This first consignment of wheat has reached Afghanistan via Pakistan. On Wednesday, 50 trucks from ICP Attari were sent to Afghanistan via Pakistan.
These were flagged off by India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla. The Ambassador of Afghanistan, Fareed Mamundzai was also present on the occasion. India has sent 50 thousand metric tonnes of wheat on humanitarian grounds to Afghanistan, which is facing a food crisis. The first consignment which reached Afghanistan via Pakistan. Let us tell you that the situation in Afghanistan has been very bad since the occupation of Taliban on 15 August last year.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah thanked the Indian government for receiving humanitarian help and also urged other countries to help on humanitarian grounds. Shringla had said that 10,000 metric tonnes of wheat has been sent to Afghanistan under the World Food Program in the first consignment.
24 million people urgently need humanitarian aid: UN
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric has said that the situation in Afghanistan is very bad. More than 24 million Afghans are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. A group of eight senior emergency experts from UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations has also called for life-saving humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.