{"id":14456,"date":"2025-08-28T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=14456"},"modified":"2025-08-28T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:00:15","slug":"eu-calls-water-shortage-critical-in-kabul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2025\/08\/28\/eu-calls-water-shortage-critical-in-kabul\/","title":{"rendered":"EU calls water shortage critical in Kabul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: As World Water Week comes to an end, the European Union Embassy in Afghanistan has expressed serious concern over the country&#8217;s water shortage, particularly in Kabul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement released today, the EU delegation emphasized its commitment to addressing the water scarcity challenge in Afghanistan, including the capital Kabul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement noted that the water shortage is alarming because it affects various aspects, including food security and public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU Embassy stated that its projects focus on climate change adaptation, agriculture, water, and sanitation (WASH), health, food security, as well as supporting returnees and internally displaced persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The diplomatic representation of the EU underscored the importance of a collective approach to tackling the water scarcity issue and is actively seeking solutions for effective water usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, a private company announced in a meeting with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, its readiness to complete technical assessments for transferring water from the Panjshir River to Kabul within&nbsp;two&nbsp;weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: As World Water Week comes to an end, the European Union Embassy in Afghanistan has expressed serious concern over the country&#8217;s water shortage, particularly in Kabul. In a statement released today, the EU delegation emphasized its commitment to addressing the water scarcity challenge in Afghanistan, including the capital Kabul. The statement noted that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14458,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14456\/revisions\/14458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}