India Send Afghanistan Pesticide: The friendship between India and Afghanistan is very old. India has also helped Afghanistan many times. Taking this tradition forward, India once again helped Afghanistan like an elder brother. They have sent 40,000 liters of Malathion, a pesticide, to Afghanistan through Iran’s Chabahar port.
According to the report of The Economic Times, insects that damage crops in Afghanistan are called locusts. They are causing a lot of damage to crops in Afghanistan. Keeping this in view, India has sent 40,000 liters of pesticide called Malathion. Malathion is an eco-friendly insecticide and is best suited for dry areas. Afghanistan thanked India for this help.
India helped many times
The Afghanistan Ministry expressed gratitude to India and said that the assistance will help fight locusts within the country and prevent locusts coming from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. India is continuing its humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan, ranging from the supply of wheat to tackle unprecedented food shortages to the provision of material to UN-run drugs camps.
India has sent wheat
The Government of India has partnered with the United Nations World Food Program for internal distribution of wheat within Afghanistan. Under this partnership, India has supplied 47,500 metric tons of wheat as assistance to US WFP centers in Afghanistan. Even during Corona, the Indian government had provided Corona vaccines to Afghanistan. Apart from this, India had sent a consignment of other essential items like oxygen gas, masks.
