26 January 2022
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed a groundbreaking $65 million contribution from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to boost food security and support livelihoods of the most vulnerable rural communities in Afghanistan. The ADB support represents…
14 December 2021
Over 1,000 people deported to Djausdjan province. The move favours their Pashtun supporters in northern Afghanistan. Tribal council convened to resolve the case. Tajikistan and Uzbekistan ask the Taliban government to address the ethnic issue. Moscow (AsiaNews) - In recent days the Taliban have…
23 November 2021
Aug 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Taliban’s return to power threatens Afghan women’s hard-won property rights, with thousands who fled their homes during the militants’ takeover at particular risk of losing their land and houses for good, rights groups and researchers said. The Taliban…
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.
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…
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…
