Heat wave in Afghanistan raises health, environmental concerns
As a severe heat wave continues to affect Kabul and several provinces across Afghanistan, temperatures in some areas have exceeded 45 degrees Celsius. Doctors have warned...
As a severe heat wave continues to affect Kabul and several provinces across Afghanistan, temperatures in some areas have exceeded 45 degrees Celsius. Doctors have warned...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Environmental and health experts have warned that rising temperatures and unusual rainfall patterns are accelerating glacier melt, reducing snow cover, drying soils, increasing
The Municipality of western Herat has launched a large-scale tree-planting campaign in the provincial capital, aiming to plant around 28,000 non-fruit saplings across the city to expand urban...
The head of the National Environmental Protection Authority (NEPA), Maulvi Mati-ul-Haq Khalis, has called on the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to collaborate...
Following the publication of a Pajhwok report highlighting concerns over the accumulation of waste in the capital of western of Herat, several residents say that sanitation conditions have...
As winter approaches, many residents of Kabul have raised concerns over rising air pollution—a problem that, according to doctors, has serious and harmful consequences for public health. They...
A number of residents in Herat say the rising population and increasing number of vehicles have led to more garbage heaps in the capital of the western province,...
About 180 birds of various species have been released back into their natural habitat in the central Parwan province, an official said on Tuesday.
Following the publication of a Pajhwok Afghan News report about a youth-led campaign to revive mountain forests and pastures in central Daikundi province, the drive-organiser says the report...
A number of residents in southern Ghazni province say that due to the ongoing drought and severe air pollution, many people have been suffering from various illnesses.
Based on air quality monitoring organization IQAir, Lahore ranks as the world’s most polluted city, with Kabul coming in second, as particulate matter levels in the Afghan capital...