{"id":23518,"date":"2026-08-04T11:57:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=23518"},"modified":"2026-08-04T11:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:57:45","slug":"afghanistan-signs-deal-with-japanese-ngo-to-fund-water-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/08\/04\/afghanistan-signs-deal-with-japanese-ngo-to-fund-water-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan signs deal with Japanese NGO to fund water projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The Ministry of Water and Energy has signed an agreement worth nearly $2 million with the Japanese PMS Organization to finance and implement water-related development projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement from the ministry, the agreement was signed by Minister of Water and Energy Mawlavi Mohammad Younus Akhundzada and a representative of the Japanese organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry quoted Akhundzada as saying that the agreement would support the expansion of water infrastructure, improve water resource management, and contribute to better agricultural conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the agreement, water projects worth nearly $2 million will be implemented in Spin Ghar district of Nangarhar province, with construction expected to be completed within two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry said the projects include the construction of 10 check dams, three reservoirs, three diversion weirs, three canals, and the reconstruction of one karez (traditional underground irrigation system).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The Ministry of Water and Energy has signed an agreement worth nearly $2 million with the Japanese PMS Organization to finance and implement water-related development projects. According to a statement from the ministry, the agreement was signed by Minister of Water and Energy Mawlavi Mohammad Younus Akhundzada and a representative of the Japanese organization. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23519,"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\/23518"}],"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=23518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23520,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23518\/revisions\/23520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}