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Equipping Ai Khanem for effective border management
Mon, 14 March 2011
UNOPS handed over the first package of border equipment for the northeast province of Takhar on 7 March... |
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Japan responds to urgent needs in Afghanistan
Mon, 28 Feb 2011
The Government of Japan provided UNOPS with USD 19 million to protect lives and livelihoods in Afghanistan this week. |
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Road access supports peace and stability in northern Afghanistan
Mon, 17 Jan 2011
New roads built in northern Afghanistan are benefiting almost 700,000 people by increasing access to basic services, providing jobs and... |
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Developing Customs Training Capacity in Afghanistan
Wed, 23 June 2010
Core trainers who will develop the capacity of the Afghan Customs Department (ACD) have successfully completed the first stage... |
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Road work continues in volatile south
Thu, 27 May 2010
Last week UNOPS and the Governments of Afghanistan and Australia agreed to extend their road construction project... |
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Improving livelihoods through the management of pistachio forests
Tue, 27 April 2010
Struggling pistachio farmers in Afghanistan are being supported by a USAID project promoting sustainable forestry techniques. |
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Road maintenance and capacity development in Kandahar
Tue, 6 April 2010
Funded by the Government of Japan, UNOPS is assisting the Ministry of Public Works in Afghanistan with a road maintenance and capacity development initiative... |
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More than 600 vulnerable families in Maidan Wardak district receive food aid
Mon, 8 Feb 2010
Throughout December and January, more than 600 families of the Jalriz district in the province of Maidan Wardak received food packages... |
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More than five million labour days for the poor in 2010
Mon, 1 Feb 2010
Taking a labour based approach, UNOPS will help facilitate the creation of close to 20,000 thousand jobs for the poor in Afghanistan in 2010... |
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Livelihoods project continues to provide critical employment
Mon, 25 Jan 2010
Since 2003 the Afghanistan Conservation Corps project has provided 400,000 labor days of employment to rural Afghanistan...
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Strengthening Afghan customs management
Mon, 18 Jan 2010
Enhancing transparency and efficiency of customs facilitation dramatically increases Afghan trade volumes and revenue collection...
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Disaster management in western Afghanistan
Mon, 14 Dec 2009
The Government of the Italian Republic partners with UNOPS to support the Government of Afghanistan’s disaster management efforts...
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Afghan women partake in the construction of roads in Northern Afghanistan
Mon, 30 Nov 2009
How 50 women found work on Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) and UNOPS construction site in Samangan...
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UN day 2009: AGOC engineers engage students at Kabul University
Mon, 26 Oct 2009
UNOPS engineers spoke to students from Kabul University as part of a string of UN presentations on UN day 2009...
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Building peace mile by mile
Mon, 21 Sept 2009
AGOC Message for UN Peace Day
Half of all conflicts are relapses into violence in countries that are just emerging from conflict... |
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Emergency Repair of the Central Prisons Department in Kabul
Thu, 13 Aug 2009
The Government of Canada and UNOPS have completed emergency repairs of the Afghan Central Prisons Directorate HQ after a fatal complex attack in February 2009... |
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Vocational training for Afghan engineering students
Mon, 29 June 2009
In order to assist the Ministry of Education in finding work experience for Afghan students, UNOPS teamed up with two Kabul vocational schools to provide on-site job training ... |
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Road works continue in Uruzgan province
Mon, 8 June 2009
Building on previous successes, the National Rural Access Programme (NRAP) will be extended to improve additional stretches of road ... |
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Safe drinking water for 60,000 school children
Mon, 1 June 2009
Under the USAID-funded Kabul Schools Program, UNOPS has recently provided for improved drinking water supplies at seven Kabul high schools ... |
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Connecting rural villages to the world
Mon, 25 May 2009
Close to 10,000 km roads constructed or rehabilitated in Afghanistan through the Government’s National Rural Access Program for which UNOPS provides implementation support ... |
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Rare Afghan Collection Finds Home in Kabul
Mon, 18 May 2009
A permanent home will be built at the University of Kabul for a rare collection of books, papers and recordings that document the turbulent history ...
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