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    India to ship 20,000 tons of wheat to Afghanistan via Chabahar port

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    Nidhi Khurana
    March7/ 2023
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    New Delhi: On Tuesday, India and five central Asian nations issued a joint statement saying that Afghanistan's soil must not be used for any terrorist operations and calling for the establishment of a "fully inclusive" government system in Kabul that protects the rights of all Afghans.

    New Delhi also announced a new tranche of assistance of 20,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan during the inaugural meeting of the India-Central Asia joint working group on Afghanistan, with the consignments being supplied via the Chabahar Port in Iran.

    At its inaugural meeting in Delhi, the India-Central Asia joint working group on Afghanistan discussed at length the dire situation in the war-torn country.—Inputs from Agencies