Kabul: The Indian government announced on Tuesday that it has dispatched 21 tonnes of relief materials to Afghanistan, which reached Kabul by air.
According to Kuwait News Agency, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar shared on his official X account that the aid includes blankets, tents, hygiene kits, water storage tanks, generators, kitchen utensils, portable water purifiers, sleeping bags, essential medicines, wheelchairs, hand sanitizers, water purification tablets, ORS solutions, and medical consumables. Jaishankar stated that New Delhi will continue to monitor the situation on the ground and plans to send more humanitarian aid in the coming days.
The initiative from India followed a day after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan's Nangarhar and Kunar provinces. The disaster resulted in the loss of 1411 lives, injured 3124 individuals, and caused extensive damage to infrastructure.