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Pakistan, UAE provide more humanitarian aids to Afghanistan
[KhaamaPress] Pakistain provided its second consignment of humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan in Kandahar province.As per the statement of the Pak embassy in Kabul, the consignment is comprised of food ingredients, medicines, and utensils. It is Pakistain’s second tranche of humanitarian assistance in two days and is said to continue in Khost and Balkh provinces. The country’s first consignment of aid was handed over to the officials of the ministry of public health in Kabul International Airport on Thursday which included 30 tonnes of medicines and food. In the meantime, UAE’s plane loaded with tonnes of food ingredients landed in Kabul International Airport on Friday and the relief assistance was handed over to the officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. It is the country’s seventh consignment of humanitarian assistance since the Taliban  ...Arabic for students... took over power in Afghanistan. The tranche which includes flour, rice, and other food ingredients is donated by Afghan traders based in UAE. Officials of IEA thanked the countries for humanitarian aids and added that all countries are welcomed to provide Afghanistan’s people with aid of such. The aids are provided at a critical time as the UNAMA has called on the international community to provide the people of Afghanistan with relief assistance and withhold potential humanitarian crises. Haji Obaidullah, head of the Association of Afghan Businessmen in UAE, said the UAE aid--consisting of food and medicine--will continue coming to Kabul until the end of September. “They have coordinated this with us and soon the aid will reach the families in need,” he said. Earlier this week Bahrain sent 30 tons of food and medicine to Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Abdul Hadi Hamdan, who is in charge of Kabul airport, said that food, clothing and medicine provided by various countries had arrived at the airport, and he said the airport will soon become operational for civilian flights as well. “So far, those flights that carry humanitarian aid have landed at the airport,” Hamdan said. Meanwhile, officials of the Pakistan consulate in Kandahar say that 12 tons of food and medicine provided by Pakistan arrived in Kandahar on Friday. Posted by: trailing wife 2021-09-11 |
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