These medical consignments have been handed over to the WHO and the Indira Gandhi Children Hospital, Kabul

India has supplied the tenth batch of medical assistance as part of its ongoing humanitarian assistance. The same was handed over to the Indira Gandhi Hospital, Kabul, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement on Saturday.

“In view of the urgent appeals made by the United Nations to assist the Afghan people, India has, so far, supplied 32 tons of medical assistance in ten batches, which includes essential lifesaving medicines, anti-TB medicines, 500,000 doses of COVID vaccine,” the Ministry said.

“These medical consignments have been handed over to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Indira Gandhi Children Hospital, Kabul,” the Ministry added.

On Friday, Deputy National Security Adviser Vikram Misri, while leading an Indian delegation to the 17th Meeting of Secretaries of Security Councils of the SCO member states in Tashkent highlighted the threat posed by the Islamic State-Khorasan to all.

He said persistence of terror networks in Afghanistan is a matter of deep concern and that increased terror attacks by ISIS affiliate Islamic State-Khorasan Province in Afghanistan poses a threat to all.

On August 15, the Indian embassy which had shut down its operation in 2021, resumed its functionality.

The Indian Embassy had adjourned its offices while functionaries had left Kabul after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan which led to the collapse of the civic government and then President Ashraf Ghani fleeing Afghan land.

The spokesperson for Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in an exclusive conversation with India Today TV, said that diplomats from the country arrived in Kabul on August 13 with the objective of resuming work at the consulate.

“We welcome Indian diplomats and have assured them of full cooperation and security in Afghanistan,” Abdul Qahar Balkhi said.

While underscoring that the Taliban-led government has been keen on striking good relations with all neighbouring countries, including India, Balkhi stated that various projects undertaken by the country are incomplete in Afghanistan.

“We expect India to restart work on them for the development of Afghanistan,” he said.