Environment – Page 14 – Pajhwok Afghan News

Heavy snowfall cuts off 2 districts from Maimana

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Heavy snowfall has cut off two mountainous districts from Maimana, the capital of northern Faryab province, an official said on Friday. Faryab Information

Salang highway closed following heavy snow

Air pollution: Bus stops being moved outside Jalalabad city

Afghanistan seeks support for climate change action

Officials call environmental pollution a grave threat

Azizullah Hamdard

23 Apr 2017 - 15:02

KABUL Protection Authority (EPA) says 70 percent of recreational and agricultural areas have been converted . . .

Kandahar mayor gets GPM membership

Basher Ahmad Naadim

11 Apr 2017 - 19:57

KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): The mayor of southern Kandahar City has been awarded membership of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM), an official said on Tuesday .

Most cities lashed by rain & snowfall, ending dry spell

Nizamuddin Hameedi

3 Jan 2017 - 13:52

KABUL (Pajhwok): After months of dry weather, most provinces of the country, including Kabul, received . . .

Lowering underground water deemed ‘catastrophic’

Navid Ahmad Barakzai

29 Dec 2016 - 19:21

KABUL (Pajhwok): Experts say the lowering underground water level and water pollution in capital Kabul . . .

Public help needed in keeping city clean: CEO

Mohammad Halim Karimi

19 Dec 2016 - 18:14

KABUL (Pajhwok): The chief executive officer (CEO) on Monday asked all government agencies and NGO . . .

Cleanliness campaign launched in Nangarhar capital

Yousuf Zarifi

7 Dec 2016 - 12:16

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): An overnight campaign for washing roads and streets in the capital of eastern Nangarhar provinces has been launched, the governor . . .

42pc of Afghans lack access to clean drinking water

Zarghona Salehi

22 Nov 2016 - 19:11

KABUL (Pajhwok): Participants of a three-day conference on sanitation on Tuesday said 42 percent . . .

Supermoon — special celestial sight — to occur within hours

Mohammad Halim Karimi

13 Nov 2016 - 14:38

KABUL (Pajhwok): Tonight’s supermoon -- visibly larger by 15 percent and brighter by . . .

Anti-pollution campaign launched in Herat City

Storai Karimi

20 Oct 2016 - 16:05

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A week-long campaign against growing air pollution got under way in the capital of western Herat province on Thursday.

Municipality’s construction permit system simplified

Zeerak Fahim

20 Jul 2016 - 13:36

KABUL Bank has helped the Kabul Municipality develop a more efficient construction permit system that . . .

Most natural streams in Paktia silt up or go dry

Pajhwok

7 Jul 2016 - 12:52

GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Most of natural streams across southern Paktia province have become silted or gone dry, causing a shortage of irrigation water.

Afghanistan’s first-ever Environmental Short Films Contest held

Pajhwok

5 Jun 2016 - 17:41

KABUL on Monday received awards in the country’s first-ever Environmental Short Films Contest . . .

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