{"id":25434,"date":"2026-09-29T07:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T07:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=25434"},"modified":"2026-09-29T07:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T07:34:27","slug":"switzerland-stresses-cooperation-to-find-lasting-solutions-to-afghanistans-migration-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/09\/29\/switzerland-stresses-cooperation-to-find-lasting-solutions-to-afghanistans-migration-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland stresses cooperation to find lasting solutions to Afghanistan\u2019s migration crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Eric Markley, head of the Swiss Development Cooperation Office in Afghanistan, and Arafat Jamal, head of the UNHCR office in Afghanistan, met with Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, Minister of Refugees and Repatriation, to discuss migration and the needs of returnees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, Markley said the Swiss government prioritizes close cooperation with the Afghan people and maintaining a presence in the country to provide humanitarian assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the Swiss Development Cooperation Office, in coordination with UN agencies, is working to assist returning Afghans and would cooperate on finding lasting solutions to Afghanistan\u2019s migration challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Markley also stressed the need for greater coordination on returnee-related affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdul Kabir welcomed the efforts by Switzerland and the United Nations to assist returnees, saying the Islamic Emirate is working not only to provide immediate services but also to secure permanent shelter for returnees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister also emphasized the need for continued international humanitarian assistance and called on aid organizations to contribute to the development of dedicated settlements for migrants and returnees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Eric Markley, head of the Swiss Development Cooperation Office in Afghanistan, and Arafat Jamal, head of the UNHCR office in Afghanistan, met with Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, Minister of Refugees and Repatriation, to discuss migration and the needs of returnees. During the meeting, Markley said the Swiss government prioritizes close cooperation with the Afghan people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25435,"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\/25434"}],"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=25434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25436,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25434\/revisions\/25436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}