Kabul: ARCS and International Partners Discuss Strengthening the Financial System

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Sheikh-ul-Hadith Shahabuddin Delawar, General President of the ARCS, met with representatives of the IFRC, the Norwegian Red Cross, the Danish Red Cross, and the International Financial Development Center to learn about the center’s financial services and discuss ways to strengthen the ARCS’s financial system.

Sheikh-ul-Hadith Delawar thanked the international partners for their continued cooperation and emphasized the need to digitize financial affairs. He noted that modernizing the financial system would play an important role in making financial processes faster and easier, while improving accountability and transparency. It would also help streamline payroll, assistance management, expense recording, and the management of financial cooperation.

Representatives of the Norwegian Red Cross and the International Financial Development Center provided information about their financial services. They explained that they cooperate with National Societies to develop financial systems, improve financial management, and strengthen administrative capacity.

At the conclusion of the meeting, both sides emphasized the importance of continuing their cooperation to strengthen the financial system and ensure more effective, organized, and transparent financial affairs.