AKDN IN
Afghanistan
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) began working in Afghanistan in 1996 when it started distributing food aid during the country’s civil war. The Network's integrated approach combines economic, social and cultural inputs. Its economic projects span over 240 cities and towns in the country’s 34 provinces. Its social development and humanitarian work is focused in many districts in eight provinces, impacting over 4 million people. Its cultural programmes, which operate in Kabul, Herat, Balkh and Badakhshan, have restored over 150 historic sites.
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21,000
The Aga Khan Foundation supports 21,000 volunteer or community health/nutrition workers.
$1 billion
AKDN has mobilised over $1 billion to support a number of institutions and programmes involved in the social, economic and cultural development of Afghanistan.
3 million
Since its restoration by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, the historic Bagh-e-Babur garden in Kabul has attracted over 3 million visitors.