ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has sent 13 more trucks carrying 345 tonnes of relief goods including food and medicines to Afghanistan.
The relief consignment was sent under the Pakistan-Afghanistan Cooperation Forum
The relief supplies to the people of Afghanistan were handed over by Deputy Commissioner Chaman Juma Dad Khan Mandokhel to the Representative of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Maulvi Muhammad Omar Karamat.
So far 1,000 tons of relief goods in 55 trucks have been sent to Afghanistan by Pakistan-Afghanistan Cooperation Forum.
Last month, Pakistan provided eight more truckloads of humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan, a statement from the Pak-Afghan Cooperation Forum said.
The aid including flour, rice, and pulses was handed over by Landi Kotal Assistant Commissioner Akber Iftikhar to in-charge of the Torkham border crossing Ghaziullah Hashmi.
The Pak-Afghan Cooperation Forum via the Ghulam Khan border had a day earlier handed four trucks carrying 70 tons of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. The trucks were carrying flour, sugar, rice, oil, and pulses. Ameer of Khost received the aid from Assistant Commissioner of Miranshah.
The Turkish Red Crescent is sending aid to Afghanistan via Pakistan to feed internally displaced people in need amid turmoil following the Taliban’s takeover. Turkish Red Crescent President Kerem Kinik said the shipment of food would be sent from Pakistan towards Kabul on Saturday and provide for 16,000 people for a month.
Half a million people have been displaced in Afghanistan in recent months, according to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.
