Pakistan begins dispatching 50,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan

Islamabad has begun dispatching 50,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan as humanitarian assistance, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Kabul Mansoor Ahmad Khan said in a tweet.

The first consignment of 1,800 metric tons of wheat donated by Pakistan arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday.

Khan said that Shehzad Arbab, Special Assistant to PM Imran Khan, had handed over the consignment to Afghan officials at the Torkham border crossing between the two countries.

Pakistan today started supply of 50,000 MT wheat donation to Afghanistan. Special Assistant to Prime Minister handed over the first consignment of 1800 MT wheat to Afghan Minister for National Disaster Management at Torkham ⁦@PakinAfg⁩ pic.twitter.com/ohpVky0LLb

— Mansoor Ahmad Khan (@ambmansoorkhan) December 30, 2021

Pakistan embassy in Kabul said in a statement stated that the consignment is part of a relief assistance package – 50,000 metric tons of wheat – worth “Rs5 billion” for Afghanistan which was announced by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.

According to the statement, the total amount of wheat will be dispatched to many provinces of Afghanistan, including Kabul, Nangarhar, Panjshir, Balkh, Badakhshan, Bamyan, Daikundi, Kandahar, Helmand, Farah, Herat, Khost, and Paktika provinces in the next few weeks.

 

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