India has supplied more than three tons of medical assistance and around five lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Afghanistan in the last few weeks, confirmed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday.

In an official statement, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi confirmed that India has supplied the fourth batch of medical assistance consisting of three tons of essential life-saving medicines to Afghanistan. The same was handed over to the Indira Gandhi Hospital India has in Kabul.

He further confirmed that India had already supplied three shipments of medical assistance, consisting of 5,00,000 doses of Covid vaccines and essential life-saving medicines to Afghanistan.

In the coming weeks, we would be supplying more batches of humanitarian assistance consisting of medicines and foodgrains for the people of Afghanistan, he added.

It should be noted that India has not recognised the new regime in Afghanistan and has been pitching for the formation of a truly inclusive government in Kabul besides insisting that Afghan soil must not be used for any terrorist activities against any country.

India has been concerned over the recent developments in Afghanistan.

It hosted a regional dialogue on Afghanistan on November 10 last year that was attended by NSAs of Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.