ATLANTA (Pajhwok): India through World Food Programme (WFP) will send 20,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan via Chabahar, bypassing the Pakistani land route.
In New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs made the announcement on Tuesday at the first meeting of the India-Central Asia joint working group on Afghanistan.
India had sent Afghanistan about 40,000 metric tonnes (MT) of 50,000 MT promised last year after an agreement with the former Pakistani government.
However, the remaining shipments had to be called off in the wake of devastating floods in Pakistan, and the running out of the time . . .
