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India flies large quantities of necessities to Afghanistan struck by the earthquake

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An Indian Air Force aircraft with earthquake relief consignment lands in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 23, 2022. India said it sent a technical team to Kabul to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance after a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that state media reported killed 1,000 people. (India's Ministry of External Affairs via AP)
Indian Air Force Aircraft June 2022 Earthquake relief consignment site in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, 23rd. India said it had sent a technical team to Kabul to coordinate the provision of humanitarian aid after state media reported killing 1,000 people after a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India via AP)Associated Press

New Delhi (AP) — India has 1,000 emergency relief assistance and state media A technical team helping people in eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake that reportedly killed people.

Two flights of 27 tons of relief supplies consist of essentials such as family ridge tents, sleeping bags, blankets and sleeping bags, the ministry's statement said Friday. Said to.

"India, a true first responder" tweeted India's Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar.

Relief supplies will be handed over to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Afghanistan Red Crescent Society in Kabul. The statement said the

technical team was stationed at an embassy in the capital of Afghanistan to coordinate the provision of humanitarian aid. The embassy has been vacant since the Taliban ruled Afghanistan in August.

"As always, India is in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan with whom we have shared centuries of relationships and will provide immediate relief to the people of Afghanistan. I am determined firmly, "the statement said.

Residents of the most devastated areas are struggling to get help from the Taliban-led government and the international aid community, and are heavily committed to trying to survive the earthquake. The part seemed to be working on its own. ..

India has not left a diplomatic presence in Kabul after evacuating staff prior to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan last year. However, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it has since sent 20,000 tonnes of wheat, 13 tonnes of medicines, 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine and winter clothing to Afghanistan to make up for the shortage in Afghanistan.

Indian authorities met with the Taliban earlier this month in Afghanistan to discuss the distribution of humanitarian aid.

The Indian envoy previously met with the Taliban representative in Doha, the capital of Qatar.

India said it would follow UN leadership in deciding whether to approve the Taliban government.

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