Internally displaced families in southeastern Khost province have received cash and food aid, an official said on Thursday. Governor Hakam Khan Habibi told Pajhwok Afghan News the families were displaced as result of war from the Janikhel…
KABUL for development of educational system in nine provinces of the country. A statement from the MoE said the Norwegian Committee donated $4.7 million, Save the Children $550,000, Humanitarian Assistance for the Women (HAWCA) $269,000, ZOWA $265,000 and National Federation…
The Swedish government has provided $9 million in aid to the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) for welfare projects and creating job opportunities in vulnerable areas of the country. Anders Sjoberg, Sweden envoy to Afghanistan Bank…
More than a 1,000 war-displaced families were assisted in central Uruzgan province on Saturday. The families fled homes about a year ago and arrived in interior Tirinkot, the provincial capital, from nearby areas and districts due to clashes…
The Islamic Relief charity organization has promised providing food aid to 1,336 destitute families in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday. Nangarhar work and social affairs director Abdul Hakim Sherzad, who launched the food distribution process…
As the holy month of Ramadan began, food items were distributed to 500 poor families in Shiberghan, the capital of northwestern Jawzjan province, an official said Sunday. Abdul Fatah Mushtaq, head of the Hadaf Cultural Foundation (HCF) that…
The Netherlands will give Afghanistan said on Wednesday. Geoffrey Van Leeuwen, who arrived here and met the provincial administration, said development projects should be implemented in Kandahar to provide jobs to people. He said he visited Kandahar to…
KABUL. A statement from the kingdom’s embassy in Kabul said the aid included food items worth one million American dollars and others. The assistance will be distributed to the affected families in cooperation with the relevant Afghan authorities, the statement…
Thousands of returning families have received aid in eastern Nangarhar and Laghman provinces, an official said on Thursday. Around 2,000 families were given cash and food items by the Nangarhar Department of Refugees and Repatriation and several humanitarian…
KABUL the kingdom pledged at last year’s Brussels Conference. The reaffirmation of commitments came during a meeting between Afghan Foreign Ministry’s resources and administration head Naseer Ahmad Andesha and Saudi’s deputy foreign minister Sheikh Tamim Bin Majid Aldosari in Riyadh,…
China on Tuesday provided one million Yuan ($145,000) in cash aid for calamity-hit families of northeastern Badakhshan province. Zhang Zhixin, Chargé d’Affaires at the Chinese Embassy in Kabul, met Sayed Abdullah, senior official of Afghanistan National Disaster Management…
More than 2,200 war-affected families have received cash and food aid in northern Kunduz and Jawzjan provinces, officials said on Sunday. Kunduz governor’s spokesman Syed Mahmood Danishtold reporters 50 million afghanis would be distributed to 200 families…
The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARC) on Wednesday distributed food and non-food items among 275 war-affected families in southeastern Paktia province, the society said. The provincial ARC office said the assistance was given to families who had been…
KABUL development under an agreement signed on Wednesday. The aid contract was signed between Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi, ADB’s country director in Afghanistan, Thomas Panella, and Gonzalo Serrano, the EU Delegation deputy head for cooperation, in the presence of Asadullah…
KABUL. The Egypt Embassy in Kabul in a statement said the Egyptian Red Crescent Society along with different government agencies coordinated their efforts and contributed to the cargo carrying humanitarian aid and medical supplies. The Egyptian assistance includes blankets, medicines,…
KABUL a positive step for the country’s economic, social and political development but demanded the president should monitor the implementation of the package in order to prevent any embezzlement. A day earlier, Indian Prime Minister Modi during his meeting with…
KABUL(MoPH). Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz said at the handover ceremony the vehicles would be provided to health institutions in 16 provinces, including Kabul. The minister praised UNICEF’s assistance to Afghanistan’s health sector, saying: “Today we have received 30 ambulances…
The process to distribute cooking oil among thousands of flood-affected families kicked off on Wednesday in the central province of Logar, an official said. A total of 40,000 litres of ghee worth four million afghanis would be distributed…
Eighty families affected by last month’s devastating suicide bombing that struck an elite force agency in Kabul on Wednesday received aid packages, an official said. The aid was distributed to the affected families as part of the Afghan…
KABUL, the Embassy of Japan announced on Sunday. A contract for the assistance was signed between Japan’s Ambassador Hiroshi Takashashi and Foreign MinisterSalahuddin Rabbani in Kabul, a statement from the embassy said. The grant would be used for purchasing materials…
The Italian government has pledged contributing another 40 million Euros in aid for completion of the fourth phase of the Herat-Khawaf railroad between western city of Herat and Iran, the Herat governor’s house said Sunday. A statement…
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on Thursday distributed non-edible aid packages to 114 internally displaced families in northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said. Repatriation and Refugee Director Eng. Abdul Ahmad told Pajhwok Afghan News the aid was delivered…
Nearly $300,000 cash assistance was extended to war-displaced families from Pakistan’s tribal region of Waziristani in Barmal and Orgun districts of southeastern Paktika province, officials said on Sunday. The cash assistance was provided by the United Nations High…
Refugees from North Waziristan Agency (NWA) in southeastern Khost province have alleged massive irregularities in distribution of aid. Hundreds of refuges in the Gulan camp of Gorbaz district and demanded more assistance to meet their needs. They…
