India to hand over $1 million relief assistance to Afghanistan
May 10 IANS
India would hand over $1 million financial assistance to Afghanistan
for relief and rehabilitation in Badakshan province that was hit by a
massive landslide last week burying over 2,000 people. The Indian
embassy would hand over the financial assistance to the Afghan ministry
of foreign affairs (MFA) Thursday in Kabul, a ministry of external
affairs statement said.
"As per PM's announcement of financial assistance for relief and
rehabilitation of damages caused by landslide in Badakshan province of
Afghanistan on May 2 Embassy is going to handover $1 million to Afghan
MFA tomorrow in Kabul."Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had called up
President Hamid Karzai May 5 to express his grief over the loss of life
due to the landslides in Badakshan province.
During the conversation, the prime minister had pledged $1 million
assistance for the affected families. On May 2, a hill collapsed on a
remote village in Aab Bareek area of Argo district in Badakhshan, 315 km
northeast of Afghan capital Kabul, killing 2,000 people.
The disaster was triggered by heavy rains. |