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 ...

26th May 2019, Kabul. Kabul Municipality is working in the beautification of its streets and avenues through mural art paintings in T-Walls (security concrete walls). The initiative is part of the Clean and Green Cities (CGC) programme jointly launched with UN-Habitat and aims at converting the Kabuli grey concrete walls into colorful mural arts highlighting ...

21st May 2019, Kabul. Residents of informal areas in Kabul expressed gratitude to the Municipality for upgrading their neighborhood. The Municipality has recently finalized the construction of staircase footpaths in a hilly area of the city, inaccessible for elder, people with disabilities and kids. More than 2,259 m3 of staircase footpaths were constructed benefiting more ...

20th May 2019, Kabul. Residents of informal areas of Kabul District 8 saw this week the inauguration of public works aiming at improving access to their homes, especially for vulnerable people. These projects are part of the City for All (CFA) inclusive participatory planning process in which the selection of projects is done by communities and ...

16th May 2019, Kabul. Kabul Municipality has started the implementation of projects identified by communities in the framework of City for All (CFA), a flagship program of the Urban National Priority Program (UNPP). This week, residents of District 3 witnessed the beginning of a construction aiming at improving access to urban facilities. Located in an ...