Afghanistan
7 injured near Kurram border following firing from Afghan side over land dispute: officials
20 November 2022
Seven people were injured following firing from Afghanistan to Pakistan, linked to local cross-border land disputes
The forgotten Gypsies of Afghanistan demand legal recognition of their rights
6 October 2022
The 'Jogi', the Gypsies of Afghanistan, have launched a struggle with the State to access identification papers and defend their rights. Marginalised and plunged into poverty, they want to integrate into Afghan society. In the northwestern suburbs of Mazar-e-Sharif, on the border with the rural…
Cash-Strapped Taliban 'Exploiting' Afghanistan's Natural Resources To Boost Revenue
15 July 2022
Main image: A coal mine in Afghanistan. (file photo) Cash-strapped and cut off from international aid, the Taliban-led government is tapping into Afghanistan's natural resources to boost revenue. Since the Taliban toppled the Western-backed government in Kabul and seized power in August 2021, the…
Afghanistan
projects
Combating land degradation and biodiversity loss by promoting sustainable food value chains, product (FSP)
Value: $3,711.00
Donors: Global Environment Facility
TCPF: Five-Year Strategic Development Programme for the Independent Land Authority of Afghanistan (ARAZI)
Value: $6,401.00
Donors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Combating land degradation and biodiversity loss by promoting sustainable food value chains, product (PPG)
Value: $34,024.00
Donors: Global Environment Facility
Promoting Early Recovery and Durable Solutions in Informal Settlements of Protracted IDPs and Regional Returnees
Value: $5,891,595.00
Donors: Norwegian Refugee Council
Combating land degradation and biodiversity loss by promoting sustainable rangeland management and biodiversity conservation in Afghanistan
Value: $5,906,850.00
Donors: Global Environment Facility
Land policy and laws express ambitions that do not reflect reality on the ground where 90% of occupation is informal or customary. However, good progress regularizing informal settlements through the issue of Occupancy Certificates offers hope.
Safeguarding Afghan women's property rights
2 March 2021
By SARAH ELIZABETH ANTOS, MOHAMMAD ZIA, and ENRIQUE PANTOJA Originally available at World Bank blogs This blog is available in English, Dari, and Pashto (Main photo: Through the Afghanistan Land Administration Project (ALASP) the government of Afghanistan has started distributing property…
Addressing Land and Conflict to Achieve the SDGs Through Conflict-Sensitive Development
High Level Political Forum 2019 - Side Event Thursday, 11 July 18.30 – 20.00 Conference Room 11, UN HQ UN-Habitat in collaborationwith Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, the Department of Peace Operations, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Global Donor Working…
