Environment

Forests on a thousand hectares of land have been revived in southeastern Khost province, officials said on Thursday.

Afghanistan’s stance must be heeded at international meetings on climate-change, says the acting foreign minister.

The National Environment Protection Authority (ANEPA) on the occasion of World Migratory Bird Day says hunting, buying, selling, trading, possessing and transferring wildlife products and birds is prohibited in the country.

Residents living on the hills in the capital Kabul would be distributed 10,000 Judas tree saplings for plantations in their houses amid at improving environment and beautification of the capital.

Hundreds of hunted birds were released back into their natural habitat in central Parwan province, the Environment Protection Department said on Monday.

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.