{"id":21697,"date":"2024-07-08T12:18:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=21697"},"modified":"2024-07-08T12:18:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:18:49","slug":"japan-allocates-10-mln-for-alternative-livelihoods-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/07\/japan-allocates-10-mln-for-alternative-livelihoods-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan allocates $10 mln for alternative livelihoods in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KABUL (SW) &#8211; Takayoshi Kuromiya, Japan&#8217;s ambassador to Kabul, has announced that the country has allocated $10 million to combat drug trafficking in Afghanistan and provide alternative livelihoods.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement on its X account, the Arg (Presidential Palace) reported that Kuromiya discussed this initiative during a meeting with Mohammad Abdul Kabir, the political deputy of the Prime Minister&#8217;s office of the Islamic Emirate.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized Japan&#8217;s ongoing cooperation, particularly in strengthening Afghanistan&#8217;s private sector.<\/p>\n<p>The statement noted that Mohammad Abdul Kabir expressed gratitude for Japan&#8217;s assistance and reiterated the Islamic Emirate&#8217;s desire to expand engagement and establish closer relations with all countries.<\/p>\n<p>The allocated funds will be entrusted to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and will be used to support vulnerable individuals in Helmand, Badakhshan, and Kandahar.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic Emirate had previously called on countries for cooperation in combating drug trafficking and providing alternative livelihoods during the third Doha meeting held in June 30 and July 1.<\/p>\n<h6><em><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL (SW) &#8211; Takayoshi Kuromiya, Japan&#8217;s ambassador to Kabul, has announced that the country has allocated $10 million to combat drug trafficking in Afghanistan and provide alternative livelihoods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":21698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,984,892,8,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-economics","category-governance","category-afghanistan","category-headline"],"views":94,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21699,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21697\/revisions\/21699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}