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Afghanistan and ADB
ADB’s regular assistance to Afghanistan has been on hold since 15 August 2021, but the bank has supported the basic needs of the Afghan people since 2022 through a special arrangement with United Nations agencies. This has delivered critical food, health, and education support to more than 10 million people.
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Asian Development Bank and Afghanistan: Fact Sheet
ADB’s regular assistance to Afghanistan has been on hold since 15 August 2021, but the bank has supported the basic needs of the Afghan people since 2022 through a special arrangement with United Nations agencies. This has delivered critical food, health, and education support to more than 10 million people.
$405 Million in ADB Grants to Support Food Security, Health, and Education in Afghanistan through United Nations
The Asian Development Bank has approved $405 million in grants to support food security and help sustain the delivery of essential health and education services for the Afghan people.
ADB Statement on Afghanistan
The Asian Development Bank remains concerned about the welfare of the Afghan people and the country’s economic and social development.
Q&A: A differentiated approach to Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations and Small Island Developing States
The fragile and conflict-situations and small island developing states approach presents ADB's new way of doing business in its most vulnerable members, which are at further risk because of the COVID-19 crisis.
Afghanistan Facts
ADB's Work in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has been a founding member of ADB since 1966. With its in-depth experience in delivering projects for fragile and conflict-affected situations, ADB supported Afghanistan’s development priorities focusing on agriculture, natural resources, and rural development; energy; and transport sectors along with capacity building, institutional development, and sector reforms.
Since 2022, ADB has committed a total of $935.8 million in grants to Afghanistan to protect the welfare and livelihoods of vulnerable Afghan people, particularly women and girls, and ease the adverse impact of the ongoing humanitarian crisis. This includes a $110.8 million grant from the Asian Development Fund in 2024.
Data: Afghanistan
Forecasts are based on ADB's flagship publication, the Asian Development Outlook. Updated four times a year, it analyzes economic and development issues in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.
Development indicators for Afghanistan, including a selection of economic, environmental, and social indicators used globally to track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
Results achieved are aggregate amounts of outputs and outcomes from operations reported in project completion reports and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.
Cofinancing operations enable ADB’s financing partners, governments or their agencies, multilateral financing institutions, and commercial organizations to participate in financing ADB projects.
ADB Projects in Afghanistan View all projects
What's New
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| News from Country Offices
ADB Grants to Support Food Security, Health Services, Resilience for Afghan People
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| Papers and Briefs
Food Inflation, Food Security, and Recovery from Learning Loss: Evidence from Developing Asia
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ADB to Provide $3 Million in Emergency Earthquake Relief for Afghanistan
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Deepening Trade and Transport Facilitation Policy Analysis of Border Crossing Points: Expanding the CAREC Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring Framework
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| Publications, Guides
CAREC Road Crash Investigation Manual
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| Policies, Strategies, and Plans
Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program Climate Change Action Plan 2025–2027
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COP29 Session on the CAREC Partnership for Climate, Innovation, and Trade - Masatsugu Asakawa
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23rd Ministerial Conference of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program - Masatsugu Asakawa
AFRM will be closed on these dates:
- Eid-ul-Fitr*: 22–24 March (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday), in lieu of 20–22 March
- Afghan New Year: 19 March (Thursday), in lieu of 21 March
- Eid-ul-Adha*: 26–28 May (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday), in lieu of 27–29 May
- Ashura Day*: 25 June (Thursday)
- Independence Day: 19 August (Wednesday)
- Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday*: 25 August (Tuesday)
* = The dates are subject to moonsighting.
Last updated: 13 November 2025
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