India has dispatched over 40,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan so far, ensuring its position as a contiguous neighbour and long-standing partner of Kabul.

Over 40,000 metric tonnes of wheat dispatched so far to Afghanistan: India at UN

Ever since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the country has been dealing with all sorts of crises and crimes. To prove it, the recent killing of an elderly taxi driver says it all.

Afghanistan: Crime rate rises after Taliban seized power; millions on the verge of hunger

Taliban’s atrocities in Afghanistan continue to worsen as the group continues to deny that there are displaced people and had blocked the entry of humanitarian aid into the Bamyan region.

Taliban forbid entry of humanitarian aid into Afghanistan's Bamyan province

In an effort to maintain the flow of aid to Afghanistan as it sinks deeper into a humanitarian crisis, on Wednesday the United States officially exempted from sanctions, US and UN officials doing permitted business with the Taliban.

To keep aid flowing to Afghanistan, US authorises certain transactions with Taliban

India will be sending aid, largely medicines, to Afghanistan on Saturday morning. The aid will be sent via the Kam air flight that arrived on Friday and brought 10 Indians and 94 Afghans including members of the Afghan Hindu-Sikh minority community.

India to send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan on Saturday

In a compromise plan, the World Bank may divert funds intended for rebuilding efforts to humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, reports claim. In an informal board meeting on Tuesday, the bank's management intends to discuss the proposal to re-direct funds from the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) to support humanitarian efforts through the UN and other humanitarian agencies with presence and logistic capabilities in Afghanistan.

Humanitarian aid may be released to Afghanistan by the World Bank: Reports