20 Jul 2026
News & events
Latest announcements, upcoming events and clinics, member impact stories, a multi-calendar date tool, and the 2026 calendar of observances.
Latest updates
Latest announcements
15 Jul 2026
Sub-national NGO Coordination Forum Hosted in Herat Province
Announcement
Events calendar
Upcoming events & clinics
10Aug
WASL General Assembly Annual Meeting
9:30 AMKABUL / ONLINE HYBRID
18Aug
QuickBooks Training for Finance Staff
1:00 PMHERAT TRAINING CENTER
02Sep
Donor Coordination Round Table
10:00 AMONLINE (ZOOM)
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Success highlights
Member highlights & impact stories
Women Leadership Dialogue
55 women leaders from 40 member organisations joined networking activities and technical dialogues, strengthening advocacy representation across the network.
55Women leaders
40Member organisations
Consortium Partnerships
35 local NGOs established working coordinates with international stakeholders, with 12 collaborative concept notes formulated for joint programming.
35Local NGOs
12Concept notes
Impact story
Interactive date tool
Multi-calendar date converter
Convert timelines between Gregorian, Solar Hijri (Afghan national) and Lunar Hijri calendars for project plans and reporting.
Gregorian
18 June 2026
Thursday
Solar Hijri (Afghan)
28 Jawza 1405
Afghan national calendar
Lunar Hijri
3 Muharram 1448
Islamic calendar
Lunar Hijri dates are astronomical calculations and may differ by a day from locally sighted dates.
Observances
2026 calendar of observances
Key international and national observances, with suggested engagement for member organisations.
| Date | Observance | Category | Suggested engagement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24Jan | International Day of Education | Education | Learning campaigns, school outreach programmes. |
| 08Mar | International Women's Day | Gender equality | Women leadership webinars and workshops. |
| 07Apr | World Health Day | Health | Community health drives and awareness sessions. |
| 20Jun | World Refugee Day | Humanitarian | Refugee and IDP shelter support distributions. |
| 19Aug | World Humanitarian Day | Humanitarian | Recognise frontline aid workers across the network. |
| 19Aug | Afghanistan Independence Day | National holiday | Public holiday; significance in national history. |
| 05Oct | World Teachers' Day | Education | Recognise educators in member programmes. |
| 10Dec | Human Rights Day | National holiday | Rights-awareness campaigns and advocacy. |