Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India

01/29/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/29/2022 04:39

India delivers three tons of medical assistance to Afghanistan

As part of our ongoing humanitarian assistance, India supplied the fourth batch of medical assistance consisting of 3 tons of essential life saving medicines to Afghanistan. The same was handed over to the Indira Gandhi Hospital, Kabul.

2. India stands committed to continue our special relationship with the people of Afghanistan and provide humanitarian assistance. In this endeavour, we had already supplied three shipments of medical assistance, consisting of 500,000 doses of COVID vaccine and essential life saving medicines to Afghanistan. The same was handed over to the WHO and India Gandhi Children Hospital, Kabul.

3. In coming weeks, we would be supplying more batches of humanitarian assistance consisting of medicines and foodgrains for the people of Afghanistan.

New Delhi
January 29, 2022