Tag: Afghanistan
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UN expresses concern over food security as Pak floods threaten Afghanistan food supply
The United Nations raised alarm on Friday about the growing flood situation in Pakistan, which threatens the food supply to crisis-hit Afghanistan. According to media sources, the disastrous floods in Pakistan would put significant stress on efforts to bring food into neighbouring Afghanistan to alleviate its horrific humanitarian crisis.According to the UN World Food Programme,…
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Pak to consider humanitarian wheat transportation extension to Afghanistan
As humanitarian relief for war-torn Afghanistan, Pakistan said on Friday that it is taking India’s plea to extend the deadline for the shipping of the remaining 15,000 metric tonnes of wheat into consideration. The first shipment of humanitarian relief having 2,500 tonnes of wheat, arrived in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, via Pakistan on February 26. On March…
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IAF to deploy 2 helicopters in MP’s Vidisha for disaster relief operations
Two medium-lift helicopters from the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be sent to Vidisha, in Madhya Pradesh
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to attend SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Tashkent
Uzbekistan, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting will be attended by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on August 24 in Tashkent.
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Quad to closely coordinate diplomatic, economic, human-rights policies towards Afghanistan
The leaders of the four countries held a Quad meeting that was hosted by President Biden in the US.
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Talks on regional security, stability likely during PM Modi’s visit to US
Modi is likely to discuss the Afhganistan crisis, covid-19, indo-pacific terrorism and climate change with US President Joe Biden.