Pakistan: Pakistan allows Afghan trucks for transportation of wheat, life-saving drugs from India to Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, 04 December 2021, (TON): Pakistan decided to also allow the use of Afghan trucks for transportation of 50,000 MT of wheat and life-saving medicines from India to Afghanistan via Wagah border to Torkham.

Foreign Office said in a statement “Pakistan took the decision to allow transportation of wheat and life-saving medicines from India to Afghanistan via Wagah border on exceptional basis for humanitarian purposes.”

It added that this demonstrates the commitment and seriousness of the Government of Pakistan to facilitate the proposed humanitarian assistance.

According to the statement, the decision was conveyed to the Charge d’ Affairs of India at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The statement concluded “the Indian government was also urged to proceed quickly to take necessary steps to expeditiously undertake the delivery of the humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.”

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