A market in Kabul, Afghanistan, in September. The World Food Program says only 5 percent of the Afghan population has enough to eat going into the winter.Credit…Victor J. Blue for The New York Times
New York Times: India Wants to Send Wheat to Ease Afghan Hunger Crisis. Pakistan Has Yet to OK Transit
Indian officials say Islamabad is dragging its feet on a request of transit for 50,000 tons of wheat to Afghanistan, where nine million people are on the brink of starvation.
NEW DELHI — Security chiefs from Iran to Russia met on Wednesday in New Delhi to call for “unimpeded” humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan, where millions face starvation as a harsh winter sets in. On Thursday in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, another set of leaders urged “uninterrupted” aid.
Despite agreeing to help Afghanistan, the souring relationship between India and Pakistan is getting in the way of 50,000 tons of Indian wheat reaching Afghanistan, officials say, in the latest sign that regional rivalries that have haunted the fragile country for decades continue to affect even the delivery of lifesaving assistance.
Indian officials say Pakistan is dragging its feet on approving their request, made seven weeks ago, to move wheat and medicine through 400 miles of its territory to reach Afghans in need.
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Another black mark in Pakistan. The problem is not Afghanistan as much as it is Pakistan. Could God be Great and sink Pakistan into the ocean giving Afghanistan beachfront property?
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