India ships 2,500 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan amid economic crisis

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India ships 2500 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan amid economic

In Afghanistan, the population continues to suffer the effects of the humanitarian crisis: most of the government’s public funds were frozen after the Taliban took power. Afghans lack everything from medicine to food. To come to their aid, India has just sent a shipment of 2,500 tons of wheat, by land, through the roads of its sworn enemy, Pakistan.

With our correspondent in New Delhi, Sebastien Farcis

A convoy of 50 trucks bearing the colors of the Indian flag has just entered Pakistan to deliver 2,500 tonnes of wheat to the World Food Program inUNlocated in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

According to the Afghan Ambassador to India, Farid Mamundzay, this is one of the largest food aid offers by a country since the humanitarian crisis caused by the war and Taliban takeover.

Trucks from India are usually prohibited in Pakistan, but Islamabad exceptionally authorized the crossing of this humanitarian convoy at the end of November, six weeks after the request of its indian enemy brother.

A critical humanitarian situation in Afghanistan

For about a year, India, which had a close relationship with the previous Western-backed Afghan government, has also donated 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines and 13 tons of medicine and clothing. ‘winter.

Afghanistan has hardly any money in reserve since the return of the Taliban to power and the sudden halt in August of international aid, which financed nearly 80% of the Afghan budget, as well as the freezing by the States US $9.5 billion in Afghan Central Bank assets.

Afghanistan is immersed in a major economic crisis threatening the population with starvation. The United Nations spoke of a humanitarian situation “ critical with the majority of the 28 million inhabitants in need.

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(and with AFP)

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