{"id":"afganistan-kabil-unops-jica-su-guvenligi-2026","canonicalSlug":"unops-and-jica-launch-kabul-water-security-initiative","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/unops-and-jica-launch-kabul-water-security-initiative","language":"en","title":"UNOPS and JICA launch Kabul water-security initiative","summary":"USD 9.3 million programme targets groundwater and flood resilience.","body":["UNOPS announced on January 29 a three-year Kabul water and climate-resilience programme funded by JICA with USD 9.3 million, targeting approximately 150,000 people.","Plans include check dams, reservoirs and irrigation canals for aquifer recharge and flood-risk reduction. These are proposed interventions; the beneficiary target is not a count of people already served."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"UNOPS and JICA launch Kabul water-security initiative\n\nUSD 9.3 million programme targets groundwater and flood resilience.\n\nUNOPS announced on January 29 a three-year Kabul water and climate-resilience programme funded by JICA with USD 9.3 million, targeting approximately 150,000 people.\n\nPlans include check dams, reservoirs and irrigation canals for aquifer recharge and flood-risk reduction. These are proposed interventions; the beneficiary target is not a count of people already served.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-01-29","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-02T19:33:07+03:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-02T19:33:07+03:00","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-01-29","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"UNOPS","url":"https://www.unops.org/news-and-stories/news/building-climate-resilience-in-kabul-new-initiative-to-tackle-acute-water-stress","checkedAt":"2026-10-02","publishedAt":"2026-01-29"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/unops-and-jica-launch-kabul-water-security-initiative","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/unops-and-jica-launch-kabul-water-security-initiative","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/unops-and-jica-launch-kabul-water-security-initiative","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/unops-and-jica-launch-kabul-water-security-initiative","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/unops-and-jica-launch-kabul-water-security-initiative","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/unops-and-jica-launch-kabul-water-security-initiative","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/unops-and-jica-launch-kabul-water-security-initiative"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}