First batch of Indian wheat aid sent to Afghanistan
Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla flagged off the first truckload of wheat supplies from India to Afghanistan at the Attari-Wagah border on 22 February 2022. Afghan Trucks carrying 2500 tonnes of Indian wheat will carry it to Afghanistan’s Jalalabad via Pakistan's Torkham border.
This is the part of 50,000 tonnes of wheat promised by India to Afghanistan as humanitarian aid in October 2021.