Environment

KABUL (Pajhwok): Some doctors and environmental experts have urged families to use cloth and paper bags instead of plastic bags to prevent dangerous diseases and

Since the start of the last solar year, over 24,000 families in Afghanistan have been displaced, more than 50 percent in Herat and Helmand provinces, due to droughts, earthquakes, floods and other natural calamities.

Kabul Municipality officials have called air pollution a serious threat to public health and urged people to play a greater role in combating air pollution and help improve environmental conditions through mutual cooperation.

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

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Salang highway was temporarily closed against all vehicles on Friday morning following heavy snow and storms, The Ministry of Public Works says

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Passenger bus stops are being shifted outside Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, in order to prevent congestion and air pollution,

National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) chief Maulvi Mati-ul-Haq Khalis has called on the global fraternity to assist Afghanistan in combating climate change.

Residents of Kabul are complaining about high-level smog triggered by air pollution and are urging the government to take strong strides to mitigate it. However, officials say efforts are underway to address the issue.

Some residents of Maimana City, the capital of northern Faryab, complain about improper disposal of medical waste by health centers, fearing it risks instigating a serious threat to the environment and public health.

Although air pollution in Bamyan is on the rise, local officials say over 11,000 residents have been educated on preventing environmental degradation n the central province.

The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) says the COP conference made a commitment to provide $300 billion annually to climate change-vulnerable countries by the year 2035.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) says it prevented 26,000 wild animals from being hunted in different provinces and arrested 71 poachers in