Afghanistan: News Releases

ADB has signed a $4 million loan with a special purpose vehicle and subsidiaries owned by the 77 Construction, Contracting, and Trading Group (77 Group) to help build a 15.1 MW solar power plant and promote the development...

Focusing on infrastructure development will help bring about long-term growth in Afghanistan and address persistent issues affecting the country’s economic prospects, apart from security, including poor connectivity, poor access...

ADB Vice-President Mr. Shixin Chen today met with the Acting Minister of Finance and Chief Adviser on Infrastructure and Technology to the President of Afghanistan Mr. Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi on the sidelines of ADF's...

ADB reaffirmed its commitment to support Afghanistan’s energy development priorities at a ceremony organized by Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat to recognize the support of ADB and other development partners to the energy sector.

ADB has approved a $2 million regional technical assistance grant to support the development of railways in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) countries.

ADB, in partnership with the Supreme Court of Afghanistan and the Attorney General’s Office, trained 140 judges and prosecutors on laws specific to gender sensitization, access to justice, and violence against women.

ADB and the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development of Afghanistan today inaugurated the distribution of 80 off-grid solar kits to rural households near Kabul without grid electricity.

ADB today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a series of energy projects, helping Afghanistan enhance energy security and efficiency, boost energy supply, and strengthen the country’s cross-border trade in energy.

More than 100 representatives from 52 banks from the Caucasus, Central Asia, Mongolia, Pakistan, and Turkey gathered at a forum convened by ADB's Trade Finance Program to discuss ways of closing market gaps for trade finance.

ADB has approved a $75 million grant to help in the development of horticulture value chains in Afghanistan.