Environment

SAR-I-PUL CITY (Pajhwok): Environmental Protection Department officials say the Sar-i-Pul River water is polluted and toxic due to public negligence. Abdul Hafeez Mohammadi, spokesperson for

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The Water Supply and Canalization Department of southern Kandahar province says the groundwater level in the province has depleted as deep as

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Kabul Municipality is taking new initiatives to spruce up city squares and give the central capital a new makeover. Niamatullah Barakzai, head

QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): Residents of western Badghis province complain about the lack of garbage cans in Qala-i-Naw, asking the authorities to address the problem. Speaking to

KABUL (Pajhwok): Veteran development expert Sultan Masood Dakik says he has met the deputy mayor of Kabul on garbage disposal projects in the Gazak locality

KABUL (Pajhwok): Casualty figures in Afghanistan last week remained the same as of previous week. An important multi-national meeting on Afghanistan is scheduled to take

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Energy and Water on Tuesday warned people against visiting river banks, saying there was a threat of a surge in

KABUL (Pajhwok): Kabul Municipality has pledged to stop the delivery of waste to Gazak, a site in the Kakh-e-Jabbar district of Kabul province used for

KABUL (Pajhwok): The government announced on Thursday plans for planting 120,000 saplings and 50,000 seasonal flowers in Kabul this spring. Inamullah Samangani, deputy . .

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Six people have been arrested in connection with hunting wild birds in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Saturday. Dr. Hilal Balkhi