Indian biscuits for Afghan children to pass through Pakistan: UN

UNITED NATIONS - Indian-made fortified biscuits for 1.2 million Afghan children will be shipped to Afghanistan through Pakistan, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced Friday. "This marks a major transportation breakthrough, opening a new route for humanitarian aid from India to Afghanistan," the UN agency said in a statement. WFP thanked the Government of India for its a US$12 million contribution, which, it said, will be used to make Afghanistan-bound biscuits from Indian wheat.

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