Self-Defense Forces aircraft will be used to airlift relief supplies to Afghan refugees in Pakistan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda announced Friday.
Four or five C-130 cargo planes belonging to the Air Self-Defense Force will be dispatched "as soon as possible," carrying tents, blankets and other relief items, Fukuda said.
The supplies will be distributed among refugees via the local office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, he said.