Environment

Afghanistan’s forest cover expanded by 35pc in 15 years

The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) says Afghanistan’s forest cover has expanded by 427,000 hectares over the past one and a half decades.

NPEA stresses international support for Afghanistan’s climate challenges

3 killed, dozens of homes destroyed in Baghlan floods

NEPA chief leaves for Kazakhstan for regional ecology summit

Barns to protect Wakhan livestock from leopards

Mohammad Gul Tanha

16 Jan 2018 - 22:48

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Five large barns are being constructed at a cost of $2 million in Wakhan district of northeastern Badakhshan province to protect household .

Air pollution ‘catastrophic’ in Kabul, MPs told

Khwaja Basir Fitri

31 Dec 2017 - 17:55

KABUL (Pajhwok): National Environmental Protection Agency head . . .

Kunduz municipality to hire 550 new workers

Ajmal kakar

6 Aug 2017 - 20:02

KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): The mayor for northern Kunduz province on Sunday said some 550 new employees were being hired by the municipality . . .

‘Green zone’ to change social life in Kabul: Ghani

Pajhwok

3 Aug 2017 - 18:36

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Capital Zone Development Authority has said ten kilometers of new roads will . . .

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 . . .

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