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Afghanistan receives $3.3mn from Japan to support city resilience project
The government of Japan has pledged USD 3.3mn to support city resilience project in Afghanistan. An agreement to that effect was signed between Kenji Eonoshita, Charge d’Affaires and interim of Embassy of Japan to Afghanistan and Tim McNair, Country Program
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Japan pledges support to expand Chabahar port
The Japanese government has reached an agreement with New Delhi on working for the expansion of Chabahar Port in Iran. This announcement was made by Japan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kentaro Sonoura during his meeting with Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
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Afghanistan $21.3mn in grant from Japan for humanitarian assistance
The Government of Japan has recently provided a total of USD 21.3 million fund to UNHCR, UNICEF, UNMAS, WFP, and IOM for humanitarian and emergency assistance in Afghanistan. The funding from Japan will allow those agencies to address humanitarian challenges
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Japan contributes $63mn to support irrigation systems, rural access in Afghanistan
Japan has contributed over USD 63.654 million to support improvement of irrigation systems and rural access in Afghanistan. The funding, contributed through the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF), administered by the World Bank, will support the following two on-going projects,
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Japan pledges $13.5mn to develop irrigation system in Afghanistan
The Japanese government has pledged to provide USD 13.5mn in aid to develop irrigation system in Kunduz, Takhar and Baghlan provinces of Afghanistan. An agreement to that effect was signed between Afghan Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Minister Asadullah Zameer, chargé
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Japan donates 106 machineries to Afghanistan for road maintenance
The Japanese government has donated 106 different machineries to the Afghan Ministry of Public Works for road maintenance in 12 provinces. The machineries were handed over to the Afghan government at a ceremony on Wednesday. The handover ceremony was attended
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Japan to shoulder Afghanistan’s air traffic control cost
The Afghan government called on Japan to provide USD 25mn to bear the cost of air traffic control operations for a 6-month period starting next month. International forces and the US government have been funding the air traffic control so
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Japan Supports Natural Disaster Risk Management Activities in Afghanistan
In partnership with the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA), International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Government of Japan have signed an agreement to implement a project aimed at reducing risks in natural disaster-prone communities in Afghanistan and strengthening
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Japan grants USD 3mn to support Afghanistan Road Corridor upgrade
The Government of Japan has approved a $3 million grant to Afghanistan for a project which will improve the country’s main north-south road corridor transport route. The agreement for the preparatory facility for the Salang Tunnel Project was signed today
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Japan funds construction of school buildings in Afghanistan
Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Takahashi signed a USD 25mn contract for the construction of school buildings in Bamyan, Daikundi and Ghor provinces with Education Minister Ghulam Farooq Wardak. With the construction of the 51 buildings, more than 450,000 students would benefit
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