JEDDAH, Dec 15(Arab News): Saudi Arabia will send 20 truckloads of relief supplies to Kabul carrying 50,000 baskets of food and 50,000 blankets for distribution among residents of Badakhshan, located northeast of the country. The area was hard hit by last month's floods.
The relief was ordered by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. Saudi Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansour Al-Safi commended the king for his humanitarian gesture. The relief program is to be carried out by the Saudi Committee for the Relief of Afghanistan.
Khaled Al-Othmani, regional director of the committee, said the relief supplies will cost SR12.5 million. Afghan officials, who took part in the launching of the relief program in Kabul, thanked Saudi Arabia for its humanitarian endeavors.