By Sumayya

More than 700 trucks carrying international humanitarian aid entered Afghanistan through Pakistan, overcoming a near-total land border closure imposed after October clashes, the United Nations announced.

These deliveries highlight continued cross-border logistics for essential supplies despite significant bilateral tensions. For more information, visit the United Nations website.

An OCHA spokesperson confirmed that a convoy carrying food and essential humanitarian supplies has crossed into Afghanistan through Torkham, providing aid to families in need.

UN officials noted that 724 trucks successfully crossed the border, which follows a warning from the World Food Programme regarding critical levels of acute child malnutrition in the country.

For more details, visit the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

The World Food Programme reports that nearly 14 million people in Afghanistan are facing severe food insecurity, driven by a combination of recent natural disasters, climate crises, and the mass repatriation of refugees from neighboring countries.

This ongoing humanitarian challenge is compounded by regional border closures that began in October 2025, which have severely restricted the primary transit networks used to deliver essential food and relief supplies into the country.

Nutritional supplements intended for Afghan students originally sourced from Pakistan required complex maritime and overland redirection via Iran prior to regional conflicts impacting that corridor.

The critical shipments eventually arrived after an extended multi-month transit involving alternative passages through Jordan, Turkey, and Azerbaijan.