United Nations (IANS): The World Food Programme of the UN has welcomed India's decision to donate $12 million for distribution of biscuits to 1.2 million schoolchildren in Afghanistan, to be transported through Pakistan.
The fortified biscuits, to be produced in India, will be shipped to Afghanistan through Pakistan, Michele Montas, spokesperson for UN Secretary General, told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York Friday.
"This marks a major transportation breakthrough, opening a new route for humanitarian aid from India to Afghanistan," Montas said.
It is one of the rare occasions when Pakistan has allowed its territory for transportation of Indian relief material to Afghanistan.
SOurce: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200811081307.htm
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