Pakistan delivers relief items for flood victims in Afghanistan.

Pakistan delivered on Saturday the first consignment of relief goods for Afghan citizens affected by heavy rains and floods in the neighbouring country, according to statements issued by the Foreign Office (FO) and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

On Thursday, at least 22 people were reported dead and 40 injured due to floods in Afghanistan while hundreds of homes and crops cultivated over thousands of acres were damaged.

Expressing solidarity with the people of Afghanistan, PM Shehbaz had promised relief items for the victims and also called upon the international community to provide assistance to Afghans.

In line with the PM's instructions, a C-130 plane was dispatched earlier today to deliver emergency relief items, including tents, flour, rice and sugar, to the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, according to the statement issued by the FO.

A second plane carrying food and shelter items would be sent to Afghanistan as a "gesture of goodwill for the flood victims", the statement said.

"Pakistan, as a neighbouring country, has been at the forefront of efforts for [the] provision of humanitarian assistance for...