Kabul, 22nd October 2019 – UN-Habitat provided the first Solid Waste Management hands-on trainings for school children in Kabul City, under the Clean and Green Cities (CGC) programme funded by the Government of Japan, to educate the students how to manage the waste more properly at houses, schools, neighborhoods and the city. The Momena Khatun ...

Singapore, 29th August 2019. The Safe Cities Index of 2019 was successfully launched during the Safe Cities Summit held by The Economist. UN-Habitat Afghanistan was invited to participate in the summit and share experiences of Safer Cities Programme in Asia through the Afghanistan Urban Safety and Security Programme (AUSSP). AUSSP assists the Government of Afghanistan ...

Kunduz, 20th August 2019. UN Habitat has delivered a school safety outreach campaign in Kunduz City on 20 August 2019, under the Afghanistan Urban Safety and Security Programme (AUSSP), in support of the Community Policing Directorate and the Ministry of Interior Affairs. In this outreach campaign, delivered in the Shir Khan School of Kunduz’ 2nd ...

Kabul, 22nd July 2019. The Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Under-Secretary-General Maimunah Mohd Sharif, paid a three-day visit to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on the occasion of the International Symposium about urban informality and upgrading. With more than two decades of presence in Afghanistan, UN-Habitat has contributed to the physical and social reconstruction of the ...

15th July 2019, Kabul. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and UN-Habitat have officially closed Clean and Green Cities (CGC), a leading governance programme developed to assist twelve Afghan municipalities by providing jobs opportunities and stability for the urban poor through paid work to improve public spaces. Launched in 2016 as part of ...

26th June 2019, Mazar-e-Sharif. Every day is a struggle for these girls to achieve their primary education, as they study in crowded tents. Located in an informal district of Mazar-e-Sharif, the Sayed Yahia Omari school has been running with open-air tents for many years. In addition to the challenging security situation in Afghanistan, these children ...

13th June 2019, Bamiyan. The city of Bamyan has recently inaugurated two green public and recreational areas for its residents. The provision of these new public green spaces is changing the nature of Afghanistan’s rapid and unplanned urbanization. The Municipality of Bamiyan has been very keen in partnering with UN-Habitat, the UN focal point for ...

12th June 2019, Kabul. Kabul Municipality has started the construction of a new sports recreational park located in District 4. With an area of 12,116 m2, this park will be a new public space available for residents, kids, school students, especially for women, benefiting more than 3,000 families. The installations of the new park include ...

11th June 2019, Bamiyan. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan continues to issue and distribute land Occupancy Certificates (OCs) to residents of informal areas. This week, 150 households from Bamiyan received their Occupancy Certificates in a ceremony that took place in the premises of the Arazi office (Land Authority) in the Central Province. ...

28th May 2019, Kabul. Residents of Kabul District 9 welcomed the construction of a new road in their neighborhood. The new road has a length of 1.2 Kms and it benefits more than 150 families, especially children. Prior to the road concreting and the construction of side drainage ditches, children experienced a lot of problems while ...