{"id":25035,"date":"2026-09-19T10:27:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T10:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=25035"},"modified":"2026-09-19T10:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T10:27:06","slug":"kandahar-governor-calls-on-world-bank-to-implement-key-projects-in-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/09\/19\/kandahar-governor-calls-on-world-bank-to-implement-key-projects-in-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Kandahar Governor calls on World Bank to implement key projects in province"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Kandahar Governor Mullah Mohammad Shireen has called for the implementation of major development projects in the province during a meeting with Fares Haddad-Zervos, the World Bank\u2019s country manager for Afghanistan, and Richard Trenchard, the representative of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kandahar provincial media office said the governor proposed specific projects in several areas, including increasing the capacity of the Dahla Dam, supporting Mirwais Regional Hospital, building cold-storage facilities and small water reservoirs, improving market access for fruit products, and promoting alternative crops to help prevent the cultivation of narcotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World Bank officials said they were working with local authorities on specific projects in Kandahar aimed at strengthening the private sector and creating employment opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kandahar is one of Afghanistan\u2019s key agricultural and fruit-producing provinces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dahla Dam is also an important water resource for irrigating agricultural land and supporting farming activities in the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Kandahar Governor Mullah Mohammad Shireen has called for the implementation of major development projects in the province during a meeting with Fares Haddad-Zervos, the World Bank\u2019s country manager for Afghanistan, and Richard Trenchard, the representative of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The Kandahar provincial media office said the governor proposed specific projects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25036,"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\/25035"}],"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=25035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25037,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25035\/revisions\/25037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}