AfghanistanAF

UK overseas development assistance to Afghanistan — View on DevTracker →

Total Spent

£2.78B

Projects

Sectors

Date Range

2016 – 2020

Implementation2(£2.69B)

Closed18(£90.2M)

Largest Projects

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF)

Infectious disease controlImplementation2017 – 2024

£1,567,956,963

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Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF)

British Council: Official Development Assistance (ODA) support

Multisector education/trainingImplementation2016 – 2025

£1,120,350,225

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Strengthening cultural and educational development by building skills and capacity and by creating new opportunities and connections with the UK

Afghanistan Security Sector and Peace-building Support

Security system management and reformClosed2018 – 2020

£29,123,000

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This programme aims to strengthen the Afghan National Police (ANP) and Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoIA). The first component involves contributions to the Law and Order Trust Fund Afghanistan (LOTFA). The second component involves technical assist...

Afghan National Army Trust Fund

Security system management and reformClosed2018 – 2020

£23,901,000

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This programme aims to provide training to the Afghan National Police (ANP) on Counter Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED) as well as improving female ANP facilities. This is an ODA and non-ODA integrated programme. The spend reported against this p...

Afghanistan Support to the Peace Process

Participation in international peacekeeping operationsClosed2018 – 2020

£11,773,200

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This programme aims to support the Afghan government’s peace objectives. Programme activities under the first component will support peace initiatives through a contribution over the next two years to the Afghan High Peace Council (HPC) through the U...

British Academy Core - Challenge-led grants: Sustainable Development

Research/scientific institutionsClosed2016 – 2023

£8,895,000

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This programme funds excellent, policy-oriented UK research, aimed at addressing the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and advancing the UK’s Aid Strategy. It supports researchers in the humanities and the social sciences working to genera...

Afghanistan Demining programme

Removal of land mines and explosive remnants of warClosed2017 – 2020

£4,880,000

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This programme will fund mine clearance and community development activities in six Afghan provinces: Kabul, Balkh, Baghlan, Khost, Samangan and Logar. This will improve the security of vulnerable communities and reduce the risk of death or injury fr...

British Academy Coherence & Impact - Challenge-led grants: Heritage, Dignity & Violence

Research/scientific institutionsClosed2020 – 2023

£4,200,000

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Tackling the challenge of achieving sustainable peace and preventing violence requires a consideration of local cultures, practices, histories and societal norms, and an understanding of how such norms are complex and contextually differentiated and ...

GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub

Environmental researchClosed2019 – 2019

£2,156,389

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Humans have massively altered flows of nitrogen on our planet, leading to both benefits for food production and multiple threats to the environment. There are few places on Earth more affected than South Asia, with levels of nitrogen pollution rapidl...

Afghanistan Migration programme

Material relief assistance and servicesClosed2017 – 2019

£1,800,000

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This programme aims to help to inform government policies and enable government ownership of activities designed to reduce migrant flow.

Sector Breakdown

Infectious disease control

£1.57B

Multisector education/training

£1.12B

Security system management and reform

£53.0M

Research/scientific institutions

£14.4M

Participation in international peacekeeping operations

£11.8M

Removal of land mines and explosive remnants of war

£4.9M

Environmental research

£2.2M

Material relief assistance and services

£1.8M

Medical research

£1.1M

Higher education

£540K

Multisector aid

£401K

Advanced technical and managerial training

£197K

Spending Over Time

2016

£1.13B

2017

£1.58B

2018

£65.4M

2019

£2.2M

2020

£4.4M

All Projects

Project	Sector	Budget ↓	Status	Start

Data Sources

Project data: FCDO DevTracker — Afghanistan via IATI Datastore
Official statistics: Statistics on International Development (gov.uk)
Budget figures are from IATI project data reported in GBP by FCDO.
UK ODA includes development aid, investment capital (BII), and domestic spending (asylum costs). See the Foreign Aid dashboard for a full breakdown by type.

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Largest Projects

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF)

Infectious disease controlImplementation2017 – 2024

£1,567,956,963

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Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF)

British Council: Official Development Assistance (ODA) support

Multisector education/trainingImplementation2016 – 2025

£1,120,350,225

DevTracker →

Strengthening cultural and educational development by building skills and capacity and by creating new opportunities and connections with the UK

Afghanistan Security Sector and Peace-building Support

Security system management and reformClosed2018 – 2020

£29,123,000

DevTracker →

Afghan National Army Trust Fund

Security system management and reformClosed2018 – 2020

£23,901,000

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Afghanistan Support to the Peace Process

Participation in international peacekeeping operationsClosed2018 – 2020

£11,773,200

DevTracker →

British Academy Core - Challenge-led grants: Sustainable Development

Research/scientific institutionsClosed2016 – 2023

£8,895,000

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Afghanistan Demining programme

Removal of land mines and explosive remnants of warClosed2017 – 2020

£4,880,000

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British Academy Coherence & Impact - Challenge-led grants: Heritage, Dignity & Violence

Research/scientific institutionsClosed2020 – 2023

£4,200,000

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GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub

Environmental researchClosed2019 – 2019

£2,156,389

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Afghanistan Migration programme

Material relief assistance and servicesClosed2017 – 2019

£1,800,000

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This programme aims to help to inform government policies and enable government ownership of activities designed to reduce migrant flow.

Sector Breakdown

Infectious disease control

£1.57B

Multisector education/training

£1.12B

Security system management and reform

£53.0M

Research/scientific institutions

£14.4M

Participation in international peacekeeping operations

£11.8M

Removal of land mines and explosive remnants of war

£4.9M

Environmental research

£2.2M

Material relief assistance and services

£1.8M

Medical research

£1.1M

Higher education

£540K

Multisector aid

£401K

Advanced technical and managerial training

£197K