China sends Afghanistan humanitarian assistance

KABUL (Pajhwok): China has dispatched more than 1,000 tonnes of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, reports the state-run television.

A freight train carrying the aid left the Urumqi West Railway Station in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Saturday, the Chinese Global Television Network said.

Bread, milk tea powder and winter supplies like cotton-padded clothes, shoes and blankets are part of the aid, which is expected to reach Mazar-i-Sharif in 12 days.

Pang Hongtao, deputy general manager of the Urumqi Freight Center of China Railway Urumqi Group Co. Ltd, said they were taking measures to deliver the aid to the Afghans in the shortest time possible.

China has announced providing emergency aid worth $31.32 billion to Afghanistan. The first batch of aid has already arrived in Kabul.

PAN Monitor/mud

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