India donates over 16 tonnes of medicines to Afghanistan

Kabul [Afghanistan], November 3 (ANI): India donated implicit 16 tonnes of Anti-Vector Borne Disease Medicines to Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesperson said.

A Taliban spokesperson said connected Sunday that this donation is portion of India's continued committedness to supporting the wellness assemblage successful Afghanistan.

In a bid of posts connected X, the Taliban said, 'The authorities of India has extended a important motion of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan by gifting implicit 16 tonnes of anti-vector-borne illness medicines and diagnostic kits to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). This donation is portion of India's continued committedness to supporting the wellness assemblage successful Afghanistan and strengthening bilateral practice successful nationalist wellness and illness prevention. The medicines and diagnostic kits volition straight enactment Afghanistan's National Malaria and Other Vector-Borne Diseases Prevention Programme.'

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'The supplies are aimed astatine enhancing the country's capableness to combat diseases specified arsenic malaria, dengue, and leishmaniasis, which proceed to airs superior nationalist wellness challenges crossed respective regions of Afghanistan. The enactment of the Ministry of Public Health expressed heavy appreciation to the Government of India for its timely and invaluable assistance. The Ministry noted that these medicines and diagnostic kits correspond a important measurement toward improving nationalist wellness infrastructure and ensuring effectual illness control, particularly successful susceptible and high-risk communities,' it added.

The Taliban spokesperson said that done this act, India proved to beryllium a reliable spouse successful promoting humanitarian assistance successful the region.

'This latest donation underscores India's longstanding concern and developmental enactment to Afghanistan. By contributing indispensable aesculapian supplies, India reaffirms its relation arsenic a reliable spouse successful promoting health, stability, and humanitarian practice successful the region.'

The assistance comes arsenic a magnitude 6.3 earthquake killed astatine slightest 20 radical arsenic it struck bluish Afghanistan adjacent the metropolis of Mazar-i-Sharif, Al Jazeera reported connected Sunday.

The Taliban Ministry of Public Health reported the decease toll connected Monday, raising the estimation arsenic hunt efforts began. A further 320 radical are reported to person been injured. (ANI)