A general cleanliness drive was conducted to remove waste from Pashtan dam area in western Herat province in cooperation with the Environmental Protection and Physical Training and Sports Department , an official announced on Monday. Maulvi Abdul…
Some doctors and environmental experts have urged families to use cloth and paper bags instead of plastic bags to prevent dangerous diseases and environmental pollution. With the widespread use of plastic bags globally, environmental experts say that plastic,…
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.
Heavy snowfall has cut off two mountainous districts from Maimana, the capital of northern Faryab province, an official said on Friday. Faryab Information and Culture Director Maulvi Shamsuddin Mohammadi said snowing continued in the province for the past…
The Salang highway was temporarily closed against all vehicles on Friday morning following heavy snow and storms, The Ministry of Public Works says. Mohammad Ashraf Haqshanas, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works, wrote on X: “The thickness…
Passenger bus stops are being shifted outside Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, in order to prevent congestion and air pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency says. The use of low quality fuel in vehicles and the…
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.
The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) says it prevented 26,000 wild animals from being hunted in different provinces and arrested 71 poachers in the past three years. NEPA deputy director Dr. Zainul Abedain Abid told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Some residents and environmental activists in Bamyan have voiced serious concern at growing air pollution in the province.
An individual in the third district of the capital of southern Kandahar province has created a zoo inside his house, attracting dozens of visitors on a daily basis.
The Environmental Protection Department in northwestern Nimroz has prevented the smuggling of 35 rare birds to Iran, an official said on Saturday.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has asked UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) to assist the communities facing extreme temperatures and droughts.
National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) chief Maulvi Matiul Haq Khalis has traveled to Azerbaijan at the head of a technical delegation to participate in the UN Global Climate Change Conference (COP-29).
Head of the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) Mawlavi Matiulhaq Khales has accused industrialised nations of air pollution and climate-related disasters and asked them to support Afghanistan.
The National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) head has accused the international community of discriminatory treatment, calling for the resumption of climate change projects.
Some residents of northeastern Badakhshan say although wildlife hunting has significantly decreased since the return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), the illegal practice still poses a challenge that needs to be completely addressed.
Security forces have arrested two persons while possessing six birds they illegally hunted in central Bamyan province, an official said on Wednesday. Environment Protection Director Mohammad Ibrahim Dadfar told Pajhwok Afghan News the six hunted eagle-type birds…
A newly created artificial forest of berry trees is about to bear fruit, local Agriculture Department officials said on Wednesday.
Hunting wild animals and birds is banned in eastern Nangarhar province and anyone who violated the ban would face legal consequences, officials said on Monday.
