ISLAMABAD: Upon the direction of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif the first batch of relief assistance to the flood-affected people has reached Afghanistan on Saturday.
The assistance load was delivered through a special aircraft of Pakistan Air Force.
These items included 100 tents, 2 ton wheat, 1 ton rice and 450 kgs sugar.
The prime minister said that Pakistan would extend all possible support to the flood hit people of Afghanistan.
The second tranche of relief support would be sent on May 9.
According to Afghan media reports, recent heavy rains and flash floods have killed at least 29 people, injuring scores of others and damaged properties across 12 provinces of Afghanistan.
