{"id":30438,"date":"2026-07-28T08:52:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=30438"},"modified":"2026-07-28T08:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:54:18","slug":"un-calls-for-protection-of-water-resources-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2026\/07\/un-calls-for-protection-of-water-resources-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"UN calls for protection of water resources in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in Afghanistan has said that millions of people in the country still lack reliable access to safe drinking water.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a post on X on Tuesday (July 28), the agency stated that water is life and called for the protection of these vital resources.<\/p>\n<p>According to UN-Habitat, smart urban planning and effective water and waste management can help protect water resources, improve sanitation, and build healthier communities.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the European Union stated that more than 21 million people in Afghanistan lack access to safe drinking water.<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan is among the countries that have been severely affected by the impacts of climate change and water scarcity. In recent years, the country has experienced repeated droughts and a decline in water resources.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs said that the Islamic Emirate was making \u201cserious and fundamental\u201d efforts to address Kabul\u2019s water crisis, including a plan to transfer water from the Panjshir River to the capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in Afghanistan has said that millions of people in the country still lack reliable access to safe drinking water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":30439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,9,984,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-soceity","category-news","category-afghanistan"],"views":18,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30438","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30438"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30442,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30438\/revisions\/30442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}