Dec 03, 2020
ACBAR hosts a roundtable event on 7 December 2020 at 15:00 to 16:30 Kabul time (10:30 to 12:00 GMT) to discuss the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on informal women workers. 16 Days of Activitism,...
Nov 16, 2020
Join us for an engaging panel discussion on Tuesday 17 November 2020 at 17:30 Kabul time. Please visit page for link to the event. This event will also be livestreamed on ACBAR’s...
Nov 16, 2020
The Afghanistan Conference 2020 will be held on 23-24 November 2020, based in Geneva but held almost entirely online. In the lead up to the main event, ACBAR and a number of its members will be...
Nov 12, 2020
Two violent attacks in Kabul in less than two weeks on education institutions have resulted in a national day of mourning and tragically took away the country’s promising young workforce and...
Sep 22, 2020
This year’s International Day of Peace arrives at a significant moment in Afghanistan’s history of more than four decades of conflict and insecurity. It is imperative that any peace...
Sep 06, 2020
When we think of #RealLifeHeroes in the humanitarian sector, we must honor every individual who contributes by dedicating his or her life and commitment to serving others in emergencies and...
Aug 20, 2020
With 19 August marking World Humanitarian Day each year, and in line with this year’s theme of Real Life Heroes, we would like to take the opportunity to honor and recognize the work of many...
Jun 24, 2020
‘I want to be a teacher in the future…to educate my people. When I educate them, they will not fight and our country will have peace.’ World Refugee Day, Save the Children,...
Jun 19, 2020
Aziza, now 20, has been living in an informal settlement in Kabul, Afghanistan since she was a little girl, after having to flee her home in Parwan Province along with her family to seek safety in...
May 28, 2020
A recent study on the Citizens’ Charter Afghanistan Project (CCAP) has reviewed its implementation during the first phase (2016-2020) across three provinces and finds that while challenges...
Mar 01, 2020
ACBAR’s 152 NGO members welcome the agreement, signed on Saturday 29 February 2020 by the United States of America and the Taliban. We hope that it will mark the beginning of a better future...
Oct 16, 2018
Work with ACBAR In terms of achievements during my time as a member of Steering Committee and Chairman of ACBAR, I think we worked very closely as a team with national and international...
Oct 15, 2018
Here’s what I saved on July 7, 2005, and still have: 1. An Advocacy folder that contains drafts of statements, speeches, position papers—What are NGOs (we are not money grubbers!)?...
Sep 26, 2018
On Monday 24 September ACBAR celebrated it’s 30th anniversary with a seminar and a #StoryOfAfghanistan photo exhibition at the Afghanistan Centre Kabul University (ACKU) with ACBAR members...
Sep 25, 2018
During the time of the Taliban (1998-2001), NGOs still had a very strong role and the coordination was needed. After the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001 and the new era brought in...
Sep 06, 2018
I was a small girl when I married with a man who was about 15 years older than me and I even did not know what marriage was. My husband’s family always mentioned to me, “you are...
Aug 28, 2018
Generally the Taliban were suspicious of NGOs and did not understand what they did and what our objectives were. They suspected some NGOs of proselytization. They wanted to control...
Aug 05, 2018
where the needs after ten years of war were enormous. Many begun to explore the possibilities of starting projects in Afghanistan, and meetings and discussions took place between them and the...
Jun 20, 2018
Here is the story of one of our young members: “I came to Norway as a refugee together with my sisters, brothers, mother and father in 2005. After that we got refusal of stay in another...
Jun 11, 2018
ACBAR NGO members had programs for supporting refugees in Pakistan and working on cross border activities. In order to coordinate better, NGOs were sharing the information through ACBAR and...
Jun 05, 2018
The issue of plastic pollution has become more and more prominent, with heart-wrenching images of marine animals that die after mistakenly eat plastic bags thinking that they are jellyfish...
May 30, 2018
Interestingly, the last few years has seen several nations around the world begin to categorize Afghanistan as a ‘safe country’. Courts in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and...
May 23, 2018
The report reveals: There were more than 700 attacks on hospitals, health workers, patients, and ambulances in 23 countries in conflict around the world in 2017. More than 101 health...
Mar 27, 2018
During my time ACBAR expanded its activities and staff numbers. ACBAR took over the SCA Agricultural Survey Unit (1994), later the IRC Printing Press and HERC (screen printing). As...
Feb 27, 2018
ACBAR briefing on protection of civilians, aid workers and humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan Peace Process, Humanitarian Assistance, Aid Workers, Protection of Civilians
Feb 21, 2018
There were achievements but also challenges. ACBAR was obliged to leave Kabul on some occasions, for example 1989 by the Afghan Government and sometimes even resulting in loss of funds. Mr. Mayar...
Jan 28, 2018
NGOs in Afghanistan are often the first line of response for those in need. In 2017, through the support of NGOs alongside other humanitarian actors, well over 3.4 million people across...
Jan 07, 2018
The second element is that ACBAR has gradually changed from being a forum representing only international NGOs to a forum representing both national and international NGOs. This is due to...
Nov 25, 2017
Experience show violence against women is a world-wide phenomenon that happens in different ways in different cultures; the root causes of violence are understood to be gender inequality and...
Feb 24, 2016
The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) is working in Afghanistan since the 1980s. SCA’s vision is an independent Afghanistan in peace, where human rights are respected, rural...
