NEW DELHI, 29 March 2022, (TON): Afghanistan has collected 10,700 tonnes of wheat from India using Pakistan’s territory through Lahore’s Wagah border.

According to official sources “the remaining 39,300 tonnes are likely to be collected by Afghanistan under humanitarian assistance by the end of next month.”

A senior official told media “five convoys of Afghan trucks collected wheat consignments at Attari from Indian authorities and returned to Afghanistan via Wagah and Torkham borders. All these convoys collected five consignments of almost 10,700 tonnes of the total 50,000 tonnes as pledged to be given to Afghanistan by India on humanitarian grounds.”

The official said “the fifth convoy of 39 Afghan trucks returned to Afghanistan after collecting 2,000 tonnes wheat from Indian authorities.”

As India had pledged giving wheat to Afghanistan, Pakistan announced last month that it would facilitate entry of Afghan trucks into its territory via Torkham, ensuring trouble-free movement of trucks right from Torkham to Wagah, collection of wheat from India and smooth operations of wheat loaded trucks without customs duty.

Therefore, the first fleet of 41 Afghan trucks collected the first consignment of 2,500 tonnes of wheat from India on Feb 22.