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India has sent 50 trucks carrying 2,500 tonnes of wheat for crisis-hit Afghanistan after Pakistan gave “exceptional” permission for the shipment to pass through, officials said Wednesday. Western countries sharply reduced aid after the Taliban takeover last year, leaving Afghanistan facing a “devastating” humanitarian crisis with a majority of the 28 million population in need of help, according to the United Nations. In response to an appeal from the UN, India decided to gift 5,000 tonnes of wheat and the first convoy of lorries was flagged off by officials on Tuesday at a ceremony in Amritsa…