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

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 . . .

Female activists launch cleanliness drive in Jalalabad

Zeerak Fahim

28 May 2016 - 20:54

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Female civil society activists on Saturday carried out a cleanliness campaign in Jalalabad City . . .

Residents least bothered about Kabul cleanliness: Officials

Pajhwok Report

30 Apr 2016 - 17:31

KABUL (Pajhwok): Some officials on Saturday ticked off residents for evincing little interest in participating . . .

Govt unable to reclaim its usurped land: Zahir

Mohammad Halim Karimi

23 Apr 2016 - 18:32

KABUL Protection Agency on Saturday said the Afghan government has been unable to reclaim its . . .

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