"In provincial capital Zaranj city we started distribution of China-donated aid to 400 destitute families on Sunday, and the aid package includes non-edible and edible items including rice and wheat," Nasrat told reporters here.

Thanking China for the assistance, an aid beneficiary Shiba said, "I received a sack of rice and a tent and I am hopeful to see more assistance."

China as a neighboring state has largely supported Afghanistan over the past year by supplying it with COVID-19 vaccines, winter clothes, tents and foodstuff, which had been distributed among poor and flood-affected families in the country.