Environment

Ghazni farmers seek improved seeds, water projects to combat climate change

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

Heat, unusual rainfall post major threat to environment, health in Afghanistan

Herat municipality launches campaign to plant 28,000 saplings

NEPA chief urges IFRC to enhance Afghan agriculture, water management

Only Baghlan park being turned into marketplace

Habibullah Sherzai

12 Jul 2017 - 18:08

PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Residents of northern Baghlan province say the provincial municipality is trying to convert the only recreational park in Pul-i . . .

Efforts on to put out Nuristan forest blaze

Yousuf Zarifi

1 Jun 2017 - 13:59

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A fire in the Noorgram district of eastern Nuristan province has gutted a three kilometers forest of pine nuts, officials said on .

2-year ‘green city program’ launched in Kandahar

Bashir Ahmad Naadim

31 May 2017 - 19:29

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): A two-year ‘green and clean city’ program was launched on Wednesday in the capital city of southern Kandahar province.

Ghazni: Endangered animals being hunted into extinction

Saifullah Maftoon

3 May 2017 - 00:59

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Hunting of endangered wild animals and birds has lately gained momentum in southern Ghazni province, the provincial

Groundwater level down by 15 metres in Kandahar

Ahmad Bashir Naadem

25 Apr 2017 - 16:09

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The groundwater level has gone down by 15 meters as a result of illegal digging of deep wells in southern Kandahar .

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 . . .

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