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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

India sends wheat to Afghanistan after deal with Pakistan

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Indian authorities have sent tons of wheat to Afghanistan to help relieve desperate food shortages, after they struck a deal with neighboring rival Pakistan to allow the shipments across the shared border.

Some 50 trucks stacked to the brim with around 2,500 tons of wheat donated by India began crossing into Pakistan on Tuesday, according to a statement by India's foreign ministry.

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