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India sends in consignment of humanitarian relief and medical supplies
India confirmed Saturday it has sent a consignment of humanitarian relief, including medical supplies to Kabul.
India’s External Ministry said in a statement that the medicine will be handed over to representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Kabul and “will be administered at the Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital in Kabul.
The ministry, meanwhile, confirmed that India evacuated dozens of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus minorities from Kabul on Friday.
As many as 10 Indians and 94 Afghans, including members of the Afghan minority community, were evacuated via a special flight from Kabul to New Delhi, chartered by the Government of India, the statement said.
“The minority community members carried with them two Swaroops of Guru Granth Sahib, the holy religious scripture of Sikhism, and some ancient Hindu manuscripts,” the statement read.
India said, so far, a total of 669 people – 448 Indians and 206 Afghans, which includes members of the Afghan Hindu/Sikh minority community – have been evacuated from Afghanistan.