The world should not leave Afghanistan alone in the current economic situation where people are living in extreme poverty, a Pakistani minister said. Addressing a press briefing here, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said that people in Afghanistan are undergoing very tough economic challenges, Xinhua news agency reported. 

“The primary reason for Afghanistan’s present situation is that the assets of the country have been seized. Afghanistan was dependent on foreign aid and right now there is no aid,” the minister said. Talking about his country’s efforts to support the people of Afghanistan in the hour of need, he said that Pakistan would send rice and wheat to the neighboring country to help it handle the food crisis. He said a special fund is also being set up by the Pakistani government to help Afghanistan tackle the hunger issue.