2023-03-03
The World Food Programme has launched 59 projects to rehabilitate roads and clean irrigation canals, hiring Takhar residents for short-term work in exchange for food aid.
2023-03-02
The International Organisation for Migration has distributed cash to Badghis residents who lost their houses in last year's earthquake and flood.
2023-02-28
The project will reinforce a 700-metre-long irrigation canal on the outskirts of Taloqan, the provincial capital, providing flood relief and jobs to hundreds of farmers.
2023-02-23
The project in the Wakil Jangle locality will improve irrigation water distribution and prevent water wastage, while giving access to 1,800 households to clean drinking water.
2023-02-21
Despite the cold weather, farmers have started growing produce such as cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and okra in the 82 new greenhouses.
2023-02-17
As part of the effort to help farmers plant dates and develop their orchards, the United Nations Development Programme built solar-powered irrigation systems worth about $2,000 each.
2023-02-14
Built on the Arghistan river, the dam directly benefits more than 300 households in 10 villages, and makes previously useless dry land arable.
2023-02-13
Almost 1,000 families in Herat received 47,700 AFN in cash assistance and are now able to pay for essentials such as rent, food and fuel.
2023-02-10
The project, which cost $91,000 (8.1 million AFN) to complete, was completed in six months and handed over to beneficiaries on January 23.
2023-02-09
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has provided 47,700 AFN ($530) in cash aid to about 500 impoverished families in Kandahar and the surrounding area.
