KABUL (Pajhwok): The residents of capital Kabul have been overjoyed and welcomed the first snowfall of winter season saying their worries regarding drought and increasing air pollution have somehow reduced. Kabul and some other provinces of the...
کابل(پژواک، ۳ جدی ۹۷): اداره ملی حفاظت محیط زیست می گوید که با فرا رسیدن فصل سرما، آلوده گی هوا در شهر کابل بیشتر شده است و توصیه می شود که شهروندان برای مصئونیت صحی، از ماسک استفاده کنند.
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday emphasized on increased coordination among relevant departments in dealing with climate change impacts, saying Afghanistan needs ‘competitive international capital market’ for its self-sufficiency...
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Environment protection officials on Tuesday warned the under-ground water level in western Herat province had significantly decreased. Nasir Ahmad Fazli, Environment Protection Agency (EPA) head for Herat province, expressed...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The European Union (EU) will provide Afghanistan 36 million in aid to help the impoverished nation deal with climate change – a task that needs $17 billion in ten years. Addressing a seminar “Dealing with Challenge of Climate Change...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The impact of climate change on Afghanistan , one of the most affected countries, and ways to collectively mitigate the consequences of continually rising temperatures were discussed at a conference here on Wednesday. The European...
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA) officials on Tuesday said traders continued to illegally import gases which harmed the natural environment. These views were expressed at a joint meeting between NEPA heads for...
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): Expert believed that until environmental protection is not included in the political agenda no change could happen to control the growing pollution. Dr. Jamshid Rasa, one of the psychologists, told a gathering on Global...
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): Deserts of southwest Afghanistan have changed dramatically over the last two decades, says a study conducted by a local think-tank. The largely uninhabited land at the beginning of the 21st century became home to about 2.2 million...
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.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Air pollution has reached harmful level in central capital Kabul, said National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) chief Shah Zaman Maiwandi on Tuesday.
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...
FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Five large barns are being constructed at a cost of $2 million in Wakhan district of northeastern Badakhshan province to protect household animals from snow leopards in winter, an official said Tuesday. Provincial Sectoral head,...
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...
KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): The mayor for northern Kunduz province on Sunday said some 550 new employees were being hired by the municipality for cleaning the capital city, Kunduz City. Najeebullah Omarkhail told Pajhwok Afghan News: “As part of the new...
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...