ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: A Libyan plane has arrived here at the Islamabad International Airport with relief goods for the people of Afghanistan.
The consignment was received by a representative of the Gaddafi International Foundation for Charity.
With two more planes to follow, the Libyan contribution would amount to 16,350 tents, 27,000 blankets, 27,000 shawls, 160 tonnes of rice, 100 tonnes of dates, $125,000 of medicines and two sets of tubewell-drilling equipment.
The goods would be distributed in the Afghan cities of Kabul and Kandahar as well as the refugee camps in Peshawar and Quetta.
The Foundation would also help the refugees through the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
The Foundation has called upon the world community to help the Afghan people and said it would like to coordinate its efforts with other international organizations helping the war-affected and displaced people.
Interestingly, there was no high-profile international media coverage of the Libyan operation in a sharp contrast to the fanfare associated with similar relief operations of the Western countries.
Peshawar, Quetta, Kabul and Kandahar would each get 5,000 tents and 25 tonnes of dates.
As many as 12,000 blankets and shawls would be distributed in Kabul, 6,500 each in Peshawar and Quetta and 2,000 in Kandahar.
Forty tonnes of rice would be distributed in Peshawar and Quetta, 70 tonnes in Kabul and 50 tonnes in Kandahar.
Kabul would be provided with $75,000 of medicines and Kandahar with $50,000 of medicines.
One tubewell-drilling mac-hine would go to Peshawar and one to Kandahar.
