Environment

BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): Security forces have arrested five people for illegally hunting birds in Sheiber district of central Bamyan province, police said on Sunday. Police

A three-day meeting on climate change has commenced at the Government Information and Media Center (GIMC) in Kabul in cooperation with the Norwegian Committee, the National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) announced on Monday.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) says throwing garbage into the Kabul River has negatively impacted power generation at Naghlu, Sarobi and Mahipar hydropower .

A number of citizens of the capital of western Herat province have expressed their concern about the shortages of garbage bins in most parts of the city.

TIRINKOT (Pawjhok): Security forces have arrested six people for illegal hunting birds in central Uruzgan province, police said on Saturday. Police spokesman Bilal Uruzgani told

GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Residents of Gardez city, the capital of southeastern Paktia province, say they are fed up with noise and air pollution being created by

The municipality planted at least 800,000 trees during the past two years in Kabul city and will plant two million more saplings during the upcoming spring season, officials said Saturday.

Some 248 rare birds, four wolves and 20 fish were released back into their natural habitat during the past one year in northern Samangan province, Environment Protection Department said on Saturday.

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A three-day international conference on climate change began in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday. The conference is hosted by the Nangarhar University .

Three people have been arrested on the charge of hunting rare birds in Saghar district of western Ghor province, police said on Tuesday.

Five international NGOs have warned a warmer-than-average winter and lack of snow are ominous signs of worsening climatic and drought conditions in Afghanistan, which is already suffering its worst drought in 30 years.

To deal with the challenge of climate change, Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) and National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) officials plan to organise an international conference next week in eastern Nangarhar province.