Continuing with its aid to Afghanistan, India supplied the thirteenth batch of medical assistance to Afghanistan, said MEA.
The assistance consists of essential medicines and medical/surgical items like paediatric stethoscope, Sphygmomanometer mobile type with paediatric BP cuff, infusion pump, drip chamber set, electrocautery, nylon sutures etc. The same was handed over to the authorities of the Indira Gandhi Children’ Hospital in the capital city of Kabul.
The aid provided by India comes in view of the urgent appeals made by the United Nations to assist the Afghan people. To date, India has supplied almost 45 tonnes of medical assistance, which included essential life-saving medicines, anti-TB medicines, 500,000 doses of COVID vaccine, medical/surgical items etc. In addition, India has also supplied 40,000 MTs of wheat to the Afghan people.
Earlier, in the wake of the tragic earthquake that struck Afghanistan on 22nd June, MEA Joint Secretary (PAI), JP Singh, handed over India’s humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan in the presence of Taliban officials.
The relief assistance consisted of essential items such as family ridge tents, sleeping bags, blankets, sleeping mats, etc. The Taliban have welcomed India’s decision to return its technical team to continue humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan.
“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (lEA) welcomes the decision by India to return diplomats and technical team to their embassy in Kabul to continue their relations with the Afghan people and their humanitarian assistance,” Taliban spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi said in a statement.
Afghanistan continues to struggle with a severe economic crisis since the Taliban took over, as US-led international forces withdrew following two decades of war. The UN said Afghanistan requires assistance to overcome the ongoing humanitarian situation in the country.