India's shipment of wheat to Afghanistan via Pak to begin next week: Sources
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According to sources, India's wheat shipment to Afghanistan via Pakistan will begin next week.
India’s 50,000 tonnes of wheat shipment to Afghanistan as part of its humanitarian aid to the trouble-torn country through Pakistani soil will start from next week, officials said here on Monday.
India has been pitching for providing unimpeded humanitarian aid to Afghanistan to address the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the country. It has already announced plans to send 50,000 tonnes of wheat and medicines to Afghanistan by road transport through Pakistan.
Pakistan last year allowed India to send 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan by using its land route after the humanitarian situation worsened in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul.
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All hurdles have been removed and the Indian side has shared with Pakistan the list of Afghan truck drivers and contractors who would carry the wheat to Afghanistan via Pakistan, diplomatic sources told PTI in Islamabad.
"The shipment of wheat will begin from next week,” according to the sources.
As per the bilateral understanding, India should complete the shipment within 30 days of the first consignment sent through the Wagah border.
