India, Nov. 3 -- India has delivered 16 tonnes of medicines to Afghanistan to help combat vector-borne diseases, a Taliban spokesperson said.

Taliban spokesperson Sharafat Zaman confirmed the development and wrote on X: "India Donates over 16 Tonnes of Anti-Vector Borne Disease Medicines to Afghanistan."

India sent the medical assistance to Afghanistan at a time when the country's Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi visited New Delhi last month.

"The Embassy of India in Kabul will further augment India's contribution to Afghanistan's comprehensive development, humanitarian assistance, and capacity-building initiatives, in keeping with the priorities and aspirations of Afghan society," the statement said.

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