Environment

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NPEA) says participants in the “Mountains and Climate Change” meeting have stressed the need to expand cooperation to

PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Three people have lost their lives and dozens of residential houses have been destroyed. Hedayatullah Hamdard, head of the Baghlan Department of Natural

National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) chief Mawlawi Mati-ul-Haq Khalis on Tuesday led a delegation to Kazakhstan to attend a regional ecological summit.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Some farmers in southern Ghazniprovince are calling for the implementation of projects providing improved seeds, standard fertilisers and water-management systems. They say such

KABUL (Pajhwok): Environmental and health experts have warned that rising temperatures and unusual rainfall patterns are accelerating glacier melt, reducing snow cover, drying soils, increasing

The Municipality of western Herat has launched a large-scale tree-planting campaign in the provincial capital, aiming to plant around 28,000 non-fruit saplings across the city to expand urban green spaces.

The head of the National Environmental Protection Authority (NEPA), Maulvi Mati-ul-Haq Khalis, has called on the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to collaborate with Afghanistan in addressing environmental protection, agriculture, livestock and water management issues.

Following the publication of a Pajhwok report highlighting concerns over the accumulation of waste in the capital of western of Herat, several residents say that sanitation conditions have improved in recent days. The city municipality has also reported an increase in the volume of waste collected.

As winter approaches, many residents of Kabul have raised concerns over rising air pollution—a problem that, according to doctors, has serious and harmful consequences for public health. They advise that people use air-purifying masks when moving around outdoors.

A number of residents in Herat say the rising population and increasing number of vehicles have led to more garbage heaps in the capital of the western province, turning the situation into one of their major concerns.

About 180 birds of various species have been released back into their natural habitat in the central Parwan province, an official said on Tuesday.

Following the publication of a Pajhwok Afghan News report about a youth-led campaign to revive mountain forests and pastures in central Daikundi province, the drive-organiser says the report has motivated people, leading to broad public support and participation in the initiative.