NEW DELHI, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- India has offered long-time rival Pakistan $25 million in aid in the aftermath of the Oct. 8 earthquake that killed more than 55,000 people.
The rare donation, New Delhi's largest to Pakistan since the 1960s, was made at a U.N. donor conference, part of $580 million promised following a U.N. warning of impending catastrophe.
Also on Thursday, Iraq said it was sending several hundred soldiers from its new army, an engineering battalion, to help relief work.
The United Nations said with winter coming, more than 3 million people in mountain villages lack food and shelter, the BBC reported Thursday.
India previously passed three consignments of relief material to Pakistan but an offer to send helicopters into Pakistan-controlled Kashmir was turned down because of "military sensitivities."
The nations have fought two wars over Kashmir, which both claim in its entirety.
