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Wheat And Medicines To Be Shipped To Afghanistan By Iran And India
Asiaone | 11/01/2022 11:03 AM | Click to read full article
India wishes to supply aid to Afghanistan through Iran’s Chabahar port that is located in the Sistan-Balochistan province on Iran’s southern coast. After the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, non-humanitarian financing was frozen by the major donors.
This caused a severe economic crisis which exacerbated the humanitarian disaster. Pakistan has created obstacles for the Indian government to transport 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan which is currently experiencing a severe humanitarian crisis.