To avert a humanitarian crisis, India dispatches 2500 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan

What happened:   On February 22, the Indian Foreign Secretary announced the development of 50 trucks carrying nearly 2500 metric tonnes of wheat reached the India-Pakistan check post as it will take a month for the Afghan trucks to collect the aid from the ICP. The humanitarian aid will be transported by Afghan vehicles via the Torkham border of Pakistan to Jalalabad-Afghanistan.  Details: This humanitarian aid is an example of transit trade, as Pakistan allowed Indian officials to carry their trucks; however, it will be transported to the  “war-stricken”  country in Afghan trucks. Al Jazeera quoted the Indian Foreign Secretary, Harsh Shringla, as, “ Truly an honour to witness the flagging off ceremony of India’s wheat assistance shipment to Afghanistan at Attari..”  More: On the other hand, international leaders and Pakistan’s premier had already warned of a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan if the country is neglected. The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator had also said,  “8.7 million Afghans face emergency-level food insecurity and more than half of the country faces acute food shortage.”