KABUL (Pajhwok): Officials of the water supply company and urban canalization on Monday said the underground water level in the capital has severely polluted and lowered by 20 meters over the last few years. Hamidullah Yalani, head of Afghanistan...

NEILI (Pajhwok): A number of residents of central Daikundi province complain the government has been inattentive to the province’s natural environment protection. They say the environment has significantly polluted in Neili, the provincial capital,...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday expressed concern about negative effects of plastic bags on the environment and human health , saying four tons of plastic bags were used on a daily basis in capital Kabul alone.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The High Commission on Prevention of Environmental Pollution has expressed its concern about increasing air pollution in Kabul City and demanded practical steps in this regard.

PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): A spring tree plantation campaign has got underway in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Monday. Ghulam Mohammad Mullahkhel, in charge of the horticulture process in the northern zone, told Pajhwok Afghan News...

KABUL (Pajhwok): National Environmental Protection Agency head Shah Zaman Maiwandi on Sunday said air pollution had turned catastrophic in Kabul City. Appearing before a Wolesi Jirga or lower house of parliament panel, the EPA chief said preventing...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Capital Zone Development Authority has said ten kilometers of new roads will be built and people whose houses are being demolished as part of the ‘Kabul Green Zone plan’ will be provided new homes. Ilham Omar Hotaki, the...

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A fire in the Noorgram district of eastern Nuristan province has gutted a three kilometers forest of pine nuts, officials said on Thursday. Noorgram district chief Naimatullah Muslim told Pajhwok Afghan News the blaze erupted in...

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Hunting of endangered wild animals and birds has lately gained momentum in southern Ghazni province, the provincial environment protection director said on Tuesday. Shabir Ahmad Ahmadyar told Pajhwok Afghan News that poachers...