New Delhi, May 22 -- India on Friday reaffirmed its commitment and support to "friendly people" of Afghanistan in the health sector as it dispatched 20 tonnes of critical dry material for vaccines to augment the country's child immunisation program.

Sharing the details in a post on X, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal further noted that more consignments are underway.

"India delivers 20 tons of critical dry materials for BCG, and Tetanus & Diphtheria (Td) vaccines to Kabul, to augment Afghanistan's Child Immunisation Programme. More consignments are underway. India is committed to support the friendly people of Afghanistan in health sector," Jaiswal wrote in the X post.

The recent delivery of medical aid com...