{"id":23308,"date":"2026-07-29T02:39:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T02:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=23308"},"modified":"2026-07-29T02:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T02:39:07","slug":"foreign-minister-urges-undp-to-expand-infrastructure-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/07\/29\/foreign-minister-urges-undp-to-expand-infrastructure-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Minister urges UNDP to expand infrastructure support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Foreign Minister Mawlavi Amir Khan Muttaqi has emphasized the importance of implementing development and infrastructure projects in Afghanistan during a meeting with Turhan Saleh, the newly appointed Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).<br>According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two sides discussed UNDP\u2019s development activities in Afghanistan, the reintegration of returning refugees, cooperation in the health and agriculture sectors, alternative livelihoods to narcotics cultivation, environmental protection, climate change, and responses to natural disasters.<br>During the meeting, Muttaqi stressed that, in addition to humanitarian assistance, development and infrastructure projects are essential for Afghanistan\u2019s long-term progress, adding that the Islamic Emirate remains committed to continued cooperation with the United Nations in these areas.<br>Meanwhile, Turhan Saleh reaffirmed that UNDP\u2019s programmes will remain aligned with Afghanistan\u2019s development priorities and said the organization would continue supporting development initiatives and capacity-building efforts based on the needs of the Afghan people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Foreign Minister Mawlavi Amir Khan Muttaqi has emphasized the importance of implementing development and infrastructure projects in Afghanistan during a meeting with Turhan Saleh, the newly appointed Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two sides discussed UNDP\u2019s development activities in Afghanistan, the reintegration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[74],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23308"}],"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=23308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23310,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23308\/revisions\/23310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}