{"id":18011,"date":"2026-01-19T09:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=18011"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:37:13","slug":"japan-approves-nearly-20-million-in-aid-to-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/01\/19\/japan-approves-nearly-20-million-in-aid-to-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan approves nearly $20 million in Aid to Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Japan&#8217;s Ambassador to Kabul, Kenichi Masamoto, in a meeting with the Minister of Refugees and Repatriations, Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, announced that his country has provided $550 million in aid to Afghanistan over the past four years.<br>According to a statement from the ministry, the Japanese ambassador also stated that Tokyo has approved $19.5 million in new assistance, which will be allocated to various sectors, including migration.<br>Masamoto emphasized that Japan has supported Afghanistan in humanitarian efforts, refugee assistance, alternative livelihoods, healthcare, water supply, and other areas, pledging that Tokyo will continue collaborative efforts with Afghanistan.<br>Additionally, Minister Kabir expressed gratitude for Japan&#8217;s support, noting that Afghanistan faces challenges due to climate change and foreign occupations. He called on the international community to assist both in humanitarian efforts and developmental projects.<br>Kabir highlighted that millions of Afghans have returned to the country during the tenure of the Islamic Emirate and emphasized the need for sustained assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Japan&#8217;s Ambassador to Kabul, Kenichi Masamoto, in a meeting with the Minister of Refugees and Repatriations, Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, announced that his country has provided $550 million in aid to Afghanistan over the past four years.According to a statement from the ministry, the Japanese ambassador also stated that Tokyo has approved $19.5 million in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18011"}],"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=18011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18013,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18011\/revisions\/18013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}