{
  "id": 1264264,
  "title": "Pakistan border sees 724 humanitarian trucks enter Afghanistan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/pakistan-border-sees-724-humanitarian-trucks-enter-afghanistan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T12:03:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3364199/pakistan-border-sees-724-humanitarian-trucks-enter-afghanistan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The United Nations reported on Sunday that over 700 humanitarian aid trucks entered Afghanistan through Pakistan, despite the land border between the two nations being largely shut since October due to recent conflicts. These trucks were transporting \"food and other critical humanitarian items,\" according to Olga Cherevko, a spokeswoman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan.\n\nCarl Skau, the Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), expressed gratitude to Pakistan and those involved in maintaining the humanitarian lifeline. He emphasized that 724 trucks of humanitarian cargo had crossed through Torkham, reaching families in urgent need of assistance. The WFP has warned of acute child malnutrition levels reaching critical stages in Afghanistan this year, exacerbated by multiple disasters including deadly earthquakes, climate-related crises, and the return of millions of Afghans from neighboring countries since 2023. This has left nearly 14 million Afghans facing acute hunger, according to WFP data.\n\nThe ongoing conflict with Pakistan has severely hampered logistical routes for delivering humanitarian aid, with previous efforts to deliver fortified biscuits destined for Afghan schoolchildren having to be rerouted through Iran after disruptions in Iran itself. These biscuits eventually reached Afghanistan after a lengthy land and sea journey through several countries, including Jordan, Turkey, and Azerbaijan.",
  "summary": "More than 700 trucks carrying international humanitarian aid arrived in Afghanistan via Pakistan despite a near-total closure of the land border between the two countries following clashes in October, the United Nations said on Sunday. The convoy was carrying “food and other critical humanitarian items,” Olga Cherevko, spokeswoman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "More than 700 humanitarian aid trucks enter Afghanistan from Pakistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/more-than-700-humanitarian-aid-trucks-enter-afghanistan-from-pakistan",
        "published": "2026-08-16T11:30:34.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}