Ten thousand tons of Indian wheat reached Herat, western province of Afghanistan. A video of wheat arriving in Afghanistan has been posted by the World Food Program (WFP).
WFP said that the wheat donated by the Government of India to WFP has arrived in Herat, where it will be distributed to poor families across Afghanistan.
The wheat is part of India’s contribution of 10,000 metric tonnes on top of 40,000 tonnes in 2022. After Pakistan did not open road routes for wheat shipments to Afghanistan in 2021, India has sent goods to Afghanistan via Iran.
Following months of negotiations, the previous government finally allowed Indian wheat trucks to enter Afghanistan from Pakistani territory in 2022, shortly after the Taliban returned to power in Kabul in August 2021.
50 for Afghanistan, New Delhi 000 tonnes of wheat aid was announced as the people were dealing with severe food crisis, the initial shipment of wheat from India was flagged off by the then Indian Foreign Secretary Harshvardhan Shringla and Afghan Ambassador Farid Mamondze at the Attari Wagah border via Pakistan.
Although India does not recognize the Taliban administration like other countries, New Delhi has kept its lines of communication open with the group. It has also promised to provide food and medical aid to the Afghan people to curb the hunger crisis.
New Delhi has decided to continue the Indian mission in Kabul with the help of a technical team. Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said that he will keep an eye on the situation in the South Asian country, which is now ruled by the Taliban.
Talking about Afghanistan, he said that we have decided whether we will maintain the embassy or not. That at the ambassadorial level, many other countries have done it, but me
