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EU provides €125 million funding for Afghanistan to support reforms

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(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

afgThe European Commission on Thursday announced €125 million funding for Afghanistan to support the government’s reform agenda towards sustainable economic development and state building.

According to a statement released by the office of the European Union (EU) Special Representative in Afghanistan, the European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica has said, “Afghanistan is at a critical juncture for the success of its state-building process. Our programme is linked to the achievement of jointly-identified reform priorities. It will contribute to improving service delivery to citizens, better management of public finances, strengthened accountability and respect for human rights – in particular the rights of women and children”.

During the signing of the financing agreement for €125 million programme to safeguard and increase the Afghan government capacity for public service delivery linked to specific development reforms the Afghan Finance Minister, Eklil Hakimi has said,”The National Unity Government is committed to deliver on its ambitious reform agenda to expedite economic growth, strengthen good governance and create jobs so that especially the youth of our country can see a viable future for themselves. The EU’s incentive programme is an important building block for our efforts towards increased self-reliance through mutual accountability with our international partners”.

The statement added that this support is in line with EU’s current bilateral development programme for Afghanistan for the period 2014 – 2020 and the commitments given by the international community at the 2012 Tokyo Conference to provide the Afghan Government with more flexible funding linked with progress on specific achievements as enshrined in the ‘Self-Reliance through Mutual Accountability Framework (SMAF)’.

EU support to Afghanistan

Since 2002, the EU has been one of the major donors providing official development and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. Between 2002 and 2014, the EU has provided more than €3.3 billion in assistance to Afghanistan. The EU’s development programme for the time period 2014-2020 focuses on vital sectors for growth and social stability, such as rural development and agriculture, health, rule of law and strengthening democracy and accountability.

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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Afghanistan

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan on Thursday afternoon, the National Center for Seismology reported.

The quake was at a depth of 70km and epicentered in the mountainous north-eastern area of Ashkāsham.

The jolt was felt across the region including in Kabul, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan

There were no immediate reports of any casualties.

In October last year, over 2,000 people were killed when four 6.3-magnitude earthquakes struck in Herat province.

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Bayat Foundation helps needy families in Balkh

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

As part of Bayat Foundation’s Ramadan aid campaign, needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif, in Balkh province, received much needed food packages this week.

The aid package includes rice, flour and oil.

“In continuation of Bayat Foundation’s assistance, this time also a quantity of food such as flour, oil and rice was distributed to needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif; Inshallah, these contributions will continue,” said a representative of the foundation.

Needy families that received aid packages expressed their gratitude but called on other aid organizations to help the needy during these difficult times.

“Many thanks to Bayat Foundation, I thank Bayat Foundation for helping the needy and poor people of this region,” said a recipient said.

“I would like to thank Bayat Foundation for their cooperation in helping the needy in this holy month of Ramadan; it is hoped that traders and charities will do such sustainable work,” said another recipient.

Bayat Foundation is one of the charitable organizations that has played an important role in helping the needy in Afghanistan over the last two decades.

In addition to distributing aid packages to needy and vulnerable families, it has carried out numerous other projects, including the construction of health centers and schools.

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MoI registers over 8,700 criminal cases in the past six months

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Abdul Matin Qani, the Ministry of Interior’s spokesman said on Thursday that in the last six months, 8,747 criminal cases have been recorded across the country.

Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Qani said of these cases, 7,233 have been solved while the remaining 1,525 are still being investigated.

He said 12,540 people have been arrested in connection with these crimes.

In addition, 21 kidnappers have been killed, 18 hostages have been freed and 172 people have been arrested in connection with kidnappings in the same period of time.

Qani also said in the last six months 837,000 passports have been distributed. He said three new passport offices will be established in Kabul in the near future.

“10,000 passports are distributed to citizens daily by the Passport Department,” said Qani.

On the issue of narcotics, he said drug cultivation, production and trafficking has been eradicated. He said drug manufacturing equipment and 377 drug factories have been destroyed across the country.

According to him, the ministry has also made advances in collecting illegal weapons, fighting corruption and improving police skills.

Qani stated that during this period, no security incidents took place in most provinces across the country.

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