AKIPRESS.COM - Uzbekistan has delivered 183 tons of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in honor of Kurban Hayit (Eid al-Adha), the Times of Central Asia reported.

The aid was transported to Afghanistan's Balkh province, the administration of Termez city in Surkhandarya region says. The shipment included essential food items such as flour, rice, sugar, pasta, vegetable oil, red beans, mung beans, instant meals, and sweets.

The aid was officially handed over in the border city of Hairatan. The handover ceremony was attended by Uzbekistan's Special Representative for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev, Surkhandarya regional governor Ulugʻbek Qosimov, deputy governor of Balkh province Nurulhodi Abuidris, and other officials from both countries.

Afghan representatives expressed their gratitude to President Mirziyoyev and the Uzbek people.