Last month, India announced humanitarian assistance and requested Pakistan to ship the food grain via the Wagah border. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Monday that his government will allow India to send humanitarian shipment of wheat to Afghanistan through its territory after finalisation of the transit modalities. Currently, Pakistan only allows Afghanistan to export goods to India but doesn’t allow any other two-way trade through the border crossing. The Pakistan Foreign ministry said that wheat and medicines to Afghanistan will be allowed to enter through “Wagah Border on an exceptional basis for humanitarian purposes”. Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi had also requested Prime Minister Khan to allow India to transport wheat via Pakistan, suggesting that the Taliban government was willing to accept the humanitarian assistance from India.

Source: Indian Express November 25, 2021 03:51 UTC