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Pakistan continues providing humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan

By The South Asia Times report

KABUL : Pakistan on Saturday sent another consignment of relief assistance for the people of earthquake-affected areas in Afghanistan.

A C-130 brought relief assistance from Pakistan at Khost airport for earthquake-affected people in Afghanistan.

The relief goods were handed by the Officer of Pakistan Embassy in Kabul to the Afghan Minister of Refugees.

The provincial government of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province already deployed 19 Paramedics/Doctors at Khost Airport from 23 June with 3 Ambulances & mobile hospitals to treat injured and refer seriously injured to hospitals in Pakistan.

Pakistan doctors and health staff were among the first ones to arrive in the affected areas to help the victims after the earthquake.

Afghan people thanked and praised Pakistan government for immediate assistance and sending special medical teams to help the victims.

Earlier also a convoy of eight trucks of relief goods for earthquake-affected people including tents, blankets and medicines sent by NDMA Pakistan have been handed over to the Afghan side at Ghulam Khan by Pakistan Mission in Kabul’s Head of Chancery Abdul Bari.

Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan has also handed five trucks of relief goods to Afghan Consulate for earthquake-affected areas while other relief organizations in Pakistan also making arrangements for provision of emergency relief items.

On Friday, Pakistan has opened more border crossings to help provide medical aid to injured Afghan people hit by devastating earthquake.

Opening of more border crossings will allow injured Afghans to reach Pakistani hospitals sooner.
According to the statement released late Thursday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke with the interim Afghan government’s acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund on Thursday evening and informed him about Pakistan’s decision.
“Prime Minister conveyed that Ghulam Khan and Angoor Adda border crossing points have been opened for the transportation of the seriously injured Afghans for their treatment in the Pakistani hospitals,” said in the statement.
Sharif also reassured his country’s continued assistance in the coming days as well.