Geneva(National Times): World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday appreciated Pakistan’s efforts to provide emergency medical aid to war-torn Afghanistan.
Regional Emergency Director with the WHO Office for Eastern Mediterranean, Dr. Rick Brennan, while speaking during the bi-weekly briefing by UN agencies in Geneva said that Pakistan is supporting the efforts by World Health Organization to fly humanitarian supplies into Afghanistan where medical stocks are dwindling and Kabul airport has been crippled by a terrorist attack.
He said they have only a few days of supplies left and the organization is exploring all options to bring more medicines into Afghanistan.
The WHO official said the first Pakistani flight carrying humanitarian supplies will hopefully leave in the coming days to Mazar-i-Sharif.
On the other hand, a key US lawmaker, Lindsey Graham has also lauded the efforts of Pakistan to assist in evacuation of US citizens, its allies, and other foreigners from Afghanistan.
In a tweet after speaking with Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Asad Majeed Khan, on the situation in Afghanistan, the Republican Senator said Pakistan must be part of sustainable solution to the conflict in Afghanistan.
Senator Graham termed the current situation in Afghanistan as very dangerous and said the region is very complicated.
According to media reports, Pakistan has so far evacuated a total of 7,629 people of different nationalities through air and land routes.