A shipment of humanitarian aid from Russia has been delivered to Kabul on Russian Defense Ministry flights, Moscow said on Monday, adding that Afghanistan has received over 65 tons of essential goods.On October 16, special flights of the Russian Defense Ministry delivered to Kabul humanitarian aid [amounting to] over 65 tons of essential goods.
The Afghan side expressed gratitude for the friendly support,& the foreign ministry wrote in a statement on Monday.Russia will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan, the statement read.This comes just days after Russian President Vladimiir Putin called for the release of Afghanistan's frozen assets and for compensation to be paid for the damage caused to it by ''the years of occupation&.Speaking at the 6th Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit in Astana last Thursday, Putin said: &Naturally, in order to normalize the situation on the territory of Afghanistan it is necessary to jointly help its economic recovery.The post Russia sends over 65 tons of humanitarian aid to Kabul first appeared on Ariana News.