The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARSC) has distributed foodstuff and other essential items to 460 needy families in northern Samangan province, officials said Sunday. NajibullahAlipor, ARCS head in Samangan, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the aid was provided…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) deputy representative for Afghanistan expressed satisfaction with the security established after the Islamic Emirate took power and stressed the organization would continue its assistance to needy Afghans. A…
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has expressed concern over the grim economic situation in Afghanistan, calling on the international community to help the Afghan people in economic and health services. Eloi Fillion, head of the…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced that Canada will provide $2 million in assistance to families of victims of the recent earthquake in northwestern Badghis province. UNHCR in a Tweet today said the aid…
Local officials on Thursday said hundreds of needy families in Ghor and Parwan provinces received cash aid and other essential items. Mulavi Mohammad Ibrahim Mia, refugees and repatriation director in Parwan, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Danish…
Cash and essential items have been distributed to hundreds of needy families in Nimroz and Baghlan provinces, officials said on Tuesday. Mulavi Mohammad Qasim Mohammad, head of Disaster Management Authority in Nimroz, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
India and Pakistan have agreed to transfer 50,000 tons of wheat aid from Delhi to Afghanistan and the first shipment is expected to be sent next month. The Times of India today reported that the two countries had…
Local officials in northern Jawzjan province say 300 farmers including 85 of them women received cash aid in Shiberghan city, the provincial capital, on Thursday. QariEbadullahAnsar, director of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department in Jawzjan, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Four hundred destitute families and orphaned children have been distributed food, winter and hygiene kits in southeastern Khost province. The aid was distributed by Khair Welfare Orgnaisation under the Children Protection project with the financial support from…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) distributed 2.3 million afghanis in cash and winter clothes to 111 displaced families in northwestern Samangan province. Abdul Qudus, an official of Disaster Management Department of Samangan, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Seven hundred farmers in northern Jawzjan province on Thursday received improved quality wheat seeds and chemical fertilizers from ACTED organization. QariEbadullahAnsar, director of agriculture of Jawzjan province, told Pajhwok Afghan News that 700 of 1,200 farmers who were…
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) officials on Tuesday said 21000 tons of wheat was being dispatched to provinces for distribution among those who had worked in exchange for wheat instead of money. The Taliban’s interim government…
The Foreign Ministry in Tehran says Iran is ready to cooperate with Afghanistan in transportation of Indian humanitarian aid to the war-hit country through its territory. Fars News Agency reported Iranian Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian said in a…
Local officials in northern Jawzjan province say the process to distribute food aid to 6,000 education officials in the province has been launched. Mohammad TahirJawad, education director of Jawzjan, told Pajhwok Afghan News today at the inauguration ceremony…
Thousands of destitute families received food assistance in southeastern Paktika province while elsewhere in central Uruzgan province 143 families were distributed cash assistance, officials said on Sunday. Paktika agriculture and livestock director Mualvi Shakeeb said the government encouraged…
A number of residents of LalwaSarjangal district of western Ghor province claim that corruption is being committed in the distribution of aid from donors, accusing local aid distribution personnel of giving the assistance to their own relatives. Some…
The head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan met with the governor of eastern Nangarhar province and assured him support in attracting international aid to the war-torn country. Isabelle Moussard…
Another 500 needy families received food aid in Kabul on Monday as the distribution of aid continued. Maulvi Abdul Matin Rahimzai, Kabul's director of refugee affairs, said at the distribution of the aid that the food aid had…
The World Food Program (WFP) and Watan organization have provided assistance to 7,000 poor and needy families in southern Paktika province. TheWFP distributed food to 4,000 families and Watan organization to 3,000 families. Mualvi Khan Mohammad Ahmad, Paktika…
At the conclusion of the G20 summit, British prime minister pledged more than $68 million in aid to Afghanistan. The two-day summit of the world's largest economies concluded on Sunday in the Italian capital, Rome. According to reports,…
Agriculture officials say 360 families struggling with poverty were distributed improved quality vegetable seeds and farming equipment in northern Kunduz province. They said the aim of the seed distribution was to assist families without caretakers, who would…
Russia, China and Pakistan showed their interest to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan at a summit in Moscow, but Russia says recognizing a new Afghan government is not on the agenda. The Moscow summit on Afghanistan is expected…
Pakistan's ambassador to Kabul on Saturday said his country sent another 16 trucks carrying food and non-food items to Afghanistan for distribution among needy families. Mansoor Ahmad Khan wrote on his Twitter account that the aid was handed…
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday distributed cash assistance to anther 200 internally displaced families in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province. Javed Ahmad Wahidi, head of the International Organisation for Migration, said these families…
