A plane carrying humanitarian aid for victims of the recent earthquake in Afghanistan left Israel. The plane was to deliver the shipment to the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan, where the shipment would be transferred to Afghanistan. The shipment included tents, blankets, food and medicine.
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