Pakistan sends another consignment of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan

PACF, Khadija Welfare Trust hand over seven truckloads to Afghan officials at Torkham Border

PESHAWAR:

Pakistan on Tuesday sent another consignment of relief goods to Afghanistan as part of its efforts to ward off looming humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country.

The Pak-Afghan Cooperation Forum (PACF) and Khadija Welfare Trust on Tuesday handed over seven truckloads of relief goods to Afghan officials at Torkham Border, taking the total assistance dispatched so far by the country to four C130 loads, 115 trucks load comprising 1,722 tons of food, medicines, and shelters for distressed Afghan brethren.

Mufti Tariq Masood of Khadija Welfare Trust and Additional Assistant Commissioner Ashrafuddin handed over the relief goods to Afghanistan government official Muhammad Nasim Ahmadi at Torkahm border crossing, Landi Kotal in Khyber district.

The relief goods included blankets, quilts, daily use items and edibles.

Muhammad Nasim Ahmadi said over one million children in Afghanistan were faced with food scarcity and other problems, calling upon the United Nations and other countries to provide maximum relief goods to Afghans in this hour of need.

Ahmadi, while thanking the Pakistani government for helping the neighbouring country, said, “Pakistan always stood by its Afghan brethren”.

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The head of Khadija Welfare Trust, Mufti Tariq Masood said they have donated seven truckloads of relief goods to Afghanistan to minimise the sufferings of Afghan brethren.

He also appealed to the world community to provide every possible assistance to the Afghan people at this critical juncture.

Afghanistan is currently facing a huge economic crisis as the Taliban government does not have enough financial resources to smoothly run the war-torn country.

Traders and small businessmen on the streets of Kabul are worried over the ongoing economic crisis and accuse Washington of pushing their country toward economic collapse.

The US government has blocked over $9 billion of the Afghan central bank’s reserves, and many donors and organisations, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, have halted payments since the Taliban swept to power on Aug 15.