India’s humanitarian aid of 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghan people is likely to be transported to Afghanistan through Pakistani land routes from next week and the delivery is set to be completed in a month’s time, Afghan Ambassador Farid Mamundzay said on Wednesday.
The Afghan envoy also welcomed India’s allocation of Rs 200 crore as development assistance for Afghanistan in its budget for 2022-23 and added that it has been forthcoming to support the Afghan people at a “difficult time”.
“There couldn’t be a better time than this for displaying the goodwill and generosity that India has always shown to the Afghan people,” he said.
Mamundzay said the delivery of the wheat is expected to start between February 10 and 12.
“India is going to deliver 50,000 tonnes of wheat in the next week or two, and the delivery will be completed in a month’s time,” Mamundzay told reporters on the sidelines of an event at the Afghan embassy.
Source : The Print
