Pakistan dispatches humanitarian aid to Afghanistan via Torkham

Islamabad: Pakistan has started dispatching humanitarian aid to Afghanistan on Sunday through land and sent 13 truckloads to the war-ravaged country.

Food items including flour, sugar, cooking oil, pulses and rice in tons were sent to Afghanistan.

Pakistan is spearheading the humanitarian aid campaign since the Kabul fall and calling the international community to help the Afghans in need.

Officials of Pakistan Consulate Jalalabad received the consignment at the Torkham border.

Pakistan today started humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan through Torkham. Our CG Jalalabad Abidullah received 13 trucks of food items from Pak-Afghan Cooperation Forum for dispatch to different Afghan provinces ⁦@SMQureshiPTI⁩ ⁦@ForeignOfficePk⁩ ⁦@PakinAfg⁩ pic.twitter.com/4jcfPznNbK

— Mansoor Ahmad Khan (@ambmansoorkhan) September 19, 2021

Another consignment of four trucks have left for Afghanistan and will soon cross the border.

Earlier, Pakistan has sent four C-130s carrying the relief goods to Kabul, Kandahar, Khost and Mazar-e-Sharif.