India sends medical supplies to Afghanistan

India has delivered a 2.5-ton consignment of medicines and other medical supplies to Afghanistan for the treatment of people injured in an airstrike by Pakistan.

Pakistan’s airstrike on Kabul on March 16 killed around 400 people and injured more than 250. India has “unequivocally” condemned the attack.

“To support the medical treatment and swift recovery of those injured in the heinous attack on March 16, India delivers a 2.5-ton consignment of emergency medicines, medical disposables, kits and equipment to Kabul,” External Affairs <inistry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday (March 20, 2026).

“India stands in solidarity with the Afghan people and will continue to extend all possible humanitarian support in this difficult hour,” he said on social media.

The Pakistani military has been carrying out airstrikes inside Afghanistan in the last few weeks amid an escalating conflict between the two sides.