Japan has underlined the importance of the ongoing Afghan peace negotiations in Doha. Pakistan was playing a critical role in the peace negotiations between the Afghan government and Taliban, said Japan’s ambassador in Islamabad. Matsuda Kuninori promised…
Japanese has promised providing another $1 million to Pakistan through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to equip Afghan refugees to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Previously, the Japanese government provided $2.41m to Pakistan to support its…
KABUL National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) has signed a $9 million natural disaster prevention project, a statement said on Tuesday. The project, “ENHANCING DISASTER PREVENTION BY IMPROVING IRRIGATION AND WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL,” with a total amount…
A square in the capital of southeastern Khost province was named on Friday after a slain Japanese physician. Tetsu Nakamura, known for his aid work in Afghanistan and elsewhere in South Asia, was shot dead along with…
The government of Japan has announced a contribution of $2.1 million to support refugees and their host communities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Islamabad, Punjab and Sindh. The new funding will strengthen UNHCR’s interventions in areas of education care,…
President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo and discussed with him issues in the realm of expansion of cooperation in various fields. In a series of tweets, the president said he…
KABUL’s mining sector. The Presidential Palace said Ghani sought Japan’s investment during a meeting with Shinichi Kitaoka, the chairman of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Tokyo. Ghani hailed Japan as a strategic partner of Afghanistan and extended gratitude…
KABUL, according to a statement on Wednesday. This contribution that came at the end of 2018 followed previous support from Japan of US$ 2.7 million in mid-2018, the Japanese embassy in Kabul said. As the last bags of food procured…
KABUL was signed at the Embassy of Japan in Kabul between the Government of Japan and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), a statement from the embassy of Japan said on Tuesday. Japan has a long…
Tehran and Tokyo have agreed to join hands to train Afghan customs staff, Iran’s state run news agency reports. The two countries had inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) providing for cooperation on training Afghan customs staff, IRNA…
KABUL This contribution will support UNHCR’s interventions in areas of health, livelihoods, as well as the provision of legal support to around 1.39 million registered Afghan refugees. The new funding will benefit some 475,000 refugees and youth in host communities…
The Japanese government has promised a donation of $2.7 million to support the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ repatriation programme. The donation was announced in a statement on Friday -- two days after Japanese Ambassador Takashi Kurai…
KABUL with new assistance to UNICEF of $8.1 million. The grant is a part of the overall support for the wellbeing of mothers and children, with focus on health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, through the scale-up of the system…
KABUL’s irrigation system and fiscal support. The funds would be contributed through the Afghanistan Reconstruction Bank. A statement from the embassy of Japan in Kabul said the new package would support improvement of irrigation systems through ongoing investment projects. The…
KABUL. The funds will be utilised by UNHCR, UNICEF, UNMAS, WFP, WHO and IOM to address humanitarian challenges, said a statement from the embassy of Japan. It added the funding would be used to support refugees returning from Pakistan and…
Japanese ambassador to Afghanistan and livestock sectors in eastern Nangarhar province. Mitsuji Suzuka held out the promise during a meeting with Nangarhar governor Gulab Mangal, a statement from the governor’s house said. It said Mangal and Suzuka talked…
KABUL under an agreement signed on Monday. The relevant agreements was signed at the Embassy of Japan in Kabul on Monday between Mitsuji Suzuka, Ambassador of Japan, Takeshi Watanabe, JICA Chief Representative, Adele Khodr, UNICEF Representative and Jocelyn Mason, UNDP…
KABUL in aid for economic and social development under an agreement signed in Kabul on Sunday. The grant was pledged under the ‘Extension of Non-Project Grant MoU’ signed by Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai and Japanese Ambassador to Kabul…
KABUL. The official announcement was made by Pakistan’s State Minister for Frontier Regions Abdul Quadir Baloch and Japanese ambassador in Pakistan Takashi Kurai in Islamabad during a press event. Acting UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Indrika Ratwatte, UNHCR Assistant Representative…
KABUL and girls and vulnerable people in cities of Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif. The relevant documents for “The Project for City Resilience” were signed at the Embassy of Japan in Kabul on February 22, 2017 between Mr. Kenji EONOSHITA, Charge d'Affaires…
Sixty-four government officials would be sent to Japan in the near future to attend a capacity-building programme there, an official said on Wednesday. Since 2011, 443 government officials have received master’s degrees in agriculture, engineering and social science…
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…
KABUL. The funding will allow the agencies, including UNHCR, UNICEF, UNMAS, WFP and IOM, to address humanitarian challenges through provision of vital support to refugees returning from Pakistan and Iran. A statement from the embassy of Japan said to people…
Kabul. The funding from Japan will allow those agencies to address humanitarian challenges through provision of vital support to refugees returning from Pakistan and Iran, and to people suffering from food insecurity, malnutrition, natural disaster, displacement and other critical situations.…
