Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Ministry of Urban Development and Housing

Afghanistan Metropolitan VisionAfghanistan has:
1. 34 provinces
2. 367 districts
3. 163 municipalities
4. Approx. 45000 villages

5. Programs reaching the villages: NSP-Citizen
Charter and block grants which reachedthousands Villages

Foundation
Overarchingframework

Realizing Self-Reliance (RSR)

State of Afghan Cities (SoAC)

Urban National Priority Programme (U-NPP)
Strengthen urban
governance and institutions

Adequate housing and basic
services for all

Urban economy andinfrastructure

Strategic priority interventions for KabulFuture of AfghanCities (FoAC)
Planning
Metropolitan Kabul• Governance (incl. municipalboundaries)•Transport/urban mobility•Metropolitan and citywide
strategicc spatial planning•Water/environment

Empowering
Communities•Community-based
settlement upgrading,•Basic service delivery•Citizen participation

Strengthening
Nahias••••Land/property survey
Occupancy documents
Nahia strategicplanning
Nahia/Gozar
infrastructure

Harnessing urbanization (U-NPP pillar one)
Situation:• There has been a failure of urban policy over the last decade;the result is informal, unbalanced, sprawling, unproductive
citiesPriority options/actions:
1. Develop a National Urban Policy and spatial strategy: Createa ‘system of cities’; Examples: China; Korea, Libya
2. Strengthen urban planning capacities to plan in advance ofurban growth:
3. Establish an effective urban monitoring system: Afghan
Urban Observatory in MUDA.

Strengthen municipal governance for service delivery(U-NPP pillar one)

Situation:• Unclear roles and responsibilities, duplication,
under-resourced municipalities• However the general structure (Metropolitan>
Municipal> Nahia > Gozar > CDC) is suitable fornext decade
Priority options/actions:
1. National level clarification on roles and mandate:
MUDA, IDLG, KM
2. Strengthen GDMA
3. Municipal level: strengthen municipalities’
mandate through passing municipal law (e.g.
Turkey)Affordable housing and basic services
U-NPP, pillar 2

Situation:• High rates of informal housing, land
unaffordable, low access to services, 77%
housing demand from low- and very low
income households
Priority options/actions:
1. National Urban Land and Housing Policy
2. National Housing Program, e.g. (i) Affordable
apartments, (ii) serviced, suitably-locatedland for low-income households

Kabul Administrative Complex -Darulamanexisting conditon
Dehmazang square

Design of Dehmzang
NodeDarul Aman Road

Tajbik to Darulaman Palaces MallBaghi Kabul Market

Administrative complex

Kabul Administrative Complex
First PhaseKabul Administrative Complex
First Phase

Special Economic Zone at the Airport

Bibi Mahro, women center

Mass Housing Projects

MazarRing Road
Addressing nationaland metropolitan
aspirations BY
Transit Oriented
Development atmain junctions withJalalabadnational road/rail+Integrating withmetropolitan public
transport network

Kandahar1. Transport & Urban Mobility
2. Water, Wetlands & Waste

Kabul City Transportation Framework

Kabul: A City with good opportunities
for walking, cycling and public transport

Kabul River
Bank walking
and cycling

Kabul MetroBus

BRT – Bus Rapid Transit
Kabul MetroBus

A metro or train onwheels
Cheapest high performance system(1k metro = 10k BRT)
Kabul MetroBus Action Plan

Central exclusive bus
lanes

Comfortable and safe
stations and road

Selecting trunk line (10km ~ 20 M$)(inner city or suburban)
Designing lanes, stations, newpublic spaces
Business and management plan(PPP)
Metropolitan Transport
Organization“The MetroBus is coming”
campaign & actions

Water, Wetlands & Waste

Water, Wetlands & Waste
Action 2.1
Finalizing Kabul Riverbasin plan andpreparation ofadjacent river basin
Actionplans 2.2
Clean-up Kabul River +Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle solid waste
Action Plan

Action 2.3
Metropolitan Green
Belt– including
wetland restoration
and reforestation
Action 2.4
Metropolitan Green
Fingers + City Parks

Thank you very muchQuestions?