On a street once buzzing with shoppers and a bustling bazaar, filthy sewers soak the edges of an overflowing garbage dump. A drug addict is picking through the waste for needles while street children fish out plastic or…
A senior environment protection official in southwestern Nimroz province on Tuesday said a group of Arab tourists was hunting rare birds in the region. Environment Protection Director Mohammad Jafar told Pajhwok Afghan News hunting rare birds was prohibited…
KABUL disasters in cities. NEPA chief Mustafa Zahir, addressing a press conference, expressed his deep concern at pollution levels in some major urban centres in the country, especially the central capital Kabul. “Environment pollution is more dangerous than terrorism,” he…
Forests in most districts of northern Takhar province are being cut down and meadows turned into agriculture, officials say. Syed Nasir Mahjob, the provincial Environment Protection Department head, told Pajhwok Afghan News the high rate of timber-cutting had…
KABUL. The Cabinet orders came hard on the heels of a Pajhwok Afghan News report regarding the unabated hunting of rare species of birds in central Bamyan province and their smuggling to Pakistan. A meeting, chaired by President Hamid Karzai,…
KABUL and affect lives of thousands of locals, environmental and mining experts warned. If the Chinese company (China Metallurgical Group Corporation, CMGC), that awarded the contract does not take strong measures for protecting the environment then it could cause serious…
Officials of the environment organization warned on Wednesday that chopping of trees and other plants continued in Nili City, the capital of central Daikundi province, which was damaging the environment and natural beauty. Local officials, tribal elders and…
KABUL, energy and biological diversity in the country. It is the first report compiled by NEPA, which is known as an active member of the UN climate change convention. The report has been finalised in two years with the cooperation…
KABUL): Poachers continued to kill and capture wild birds and animals in violation of a government ban on hunting in the country, President Karzai said on Thursday. In his biweekly radio address to the nation, the president called for preserving…
KABUL Protection Agency (NEPA) on Tuesday installed an air pollution gauge in the capital Kabul, an official said. Speaking to reporters at the inaugural ceremony for the machine, NEPA Director Mustafa Zahir said the system had accounted for 15 million…
KABUL's National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA). Modadiq has worked on a range of sustainable development initiatives with UNEP over the past seven years and most recently served as UNEP Afghanistan’s officer-in-charge. “Modadiq has ably led a wide array of projects…
