Islamabad, 31 October 2021 (TDI): Pakistan dispatched three more trucks on Saturday 31 to Afghanistan, carrying 28 tons of humanitarian help as part of its ongoing efforts to avert any humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country.
They sent the aid under the auspices of the Pak-Afghan Cooperation Forum (PACF) and Save the Children, the international aid agency.
Therefore, Landi Kotal Additional Assistant Commissioner Ashrafuddin handed the relief goods from the Torkham border crossing point to Molvi Usman, Deputy Commissioner Afghanistan.
On 30-Oct-2021, 3 trucks carrying 28 tons of humanitarian aid from Pak-Afghan Cooperation Forum and Save the Children were handed over by Ashraf ud din, Addl Assistant Commissioner Landi Kotal to Molvi Usman, Deputy Commissioner Afghanistan at Torkham Crossing point. pic.twitter.com/0sP1VPjxNr
— Pak-Afghan Cooperation Forum (@PakAfgh63303188) October 30, 2021
A month earlier, Pakistan donated 16 truckloads of relief goods to Afghanistan, which included food items, medicines, and blankets for their onward distribution among affected people.
Mansoor Ahmad, Ambassador of Pakistan to Afghanistan, on 16 October via Twitter, mentioned that they handed the relief goods over to Afghan Minister for Refugees Haji Khalil Ur Rehman Haqqani and Deputy Minister for IDPs, Pakistan’s Ambassador in Afghanistan.
Handed over 16 truck loads of relief goods to Afghan Minister for Refugees Haji Khalil Ur Rehman Haqqani & Deputy Minister for IDPs. These include food items & blankets for distribution among affected people @ForeignOfficePk @PakinAfg pic.twitter.com/zTUMo9zREp
— Mansoor Ahmad Khan (@ambmansoorkhan) October 16, 2021
The Taliban government in Afghanistan is pushing for the release of billions of dollars from the central bank to ease drought-stricken Afghanistan, which faces mass starvation, a cash crunch, and a new immigration crisis.
The Taliban in August ousted the Western-backed government in Afghanistan. Since then, Afghanistan-owned assets worth billions in Europe with the US Federal Reserve have been frozen.
Moreover, a spokesperson for the finance ministry, Ahmad Wali Haqmal, on Friday also claimed that they are looking for additional funds to augment the humanitarian aid that offered “small relief”, adding that the government would respect human dignity, including women’s education.
