Two Afghan students have made an air purification machine in two months period which has the capacity to purify four cubic meter air in one second. These two technicians are Syed Zaman Sadaat and Ahmad Zia Jabarkhel who…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday acknowledged the failure to protect diversity of life on earth. In his message on the World Wildlife Day, Guterres said human activities were laying waste to once-thriving forests, jungles, farmland, oceans,…
Thousands of tree saplings are grown annually in western Badghis province for greenery, but some of them are cut down or dried up for being not irrigated, officials said on Sunday. The officials urge local residents to help…
Jalalabad City Municipality and common people have launched a joint cleanliness campaign of the provincial capital, an official said on Sunday. The purpose of the cleanliness drive was to send a message to common people regarding hygiene and…
Residents of northern Takhar province are concerned about increasing environmental pollution. They link the growing pollution to the failure to enforce urban culture and the lack of air filters in hotels and public baths. Eng. Abdullah, a resident…
The Kabul municipality has been raising 400,000 tree seedlings and seasonal flowers to be planted in spring. The municipality in a statement said it was raising 200,000 seedlings of trees and a similar number of seasonal flowers in…
Five people have been arrested in connection with hunting wild birds in the Gosfandi district of northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Monday. Police spokesman Din Mohammad Nazari said security forces detained the five individuals for the…
Tribal leaders in some districts of southeastern Paktia province have banned cutting of trees to increase forest cover and hunting of wild animals. Mirzaka, Zazai Aryub, Janikhel and Ahmadkhel are the districts where mountains are covered with forests.…
As many as 3.6 billion people currently face inadequate access to water at least a month per year and this is expected to increase to more than 5 billion by 2050, according to World Meteorological Organization report on…
Air pollution in Kabul city has reduced due to the decrease in the number of residents, vehicles and industries in the central capital, local residents said on Saturday. Prior to the political change in the country, Kabul city…
Seven million people die yearly worldwide due to air pollution, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. On its twitter page, the organization wrote that 99 percent of the world’s population now breathed polluted air. “Around seven…
The Environment Protection Department in northern Takhar province has established a standard incinerator for waste disposal in Taloqan. Dr. Zubair Naeemi, the environment projection director, said all health centres used to put their waste in different parts of…
The Environmental Protection Department have termed the environmental condition in Daikunid satisfactory and tasked volunteer teams and councils in Neili and districts to fight air pollution. Ebrahim Sharifi, head of provincial Environmental Protection Department, said local residents fully…
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) in eastern Nangarhar province says industrial units have caused pollution in the provincial capital. The Department of Mines and industries says about 300 factories are operating in Jalalabad, with 200 are located inside…
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in central Bamyan province has expressed grave concern over indiscriminate deforestation, warning against its consequences. EPA Director Mohammad Ibrahim Dadfar told Pajhwok Afghan News vegetation cover was an important factor in the…
The residents of Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, complain about dirt and bad smell caused by the remains of animals slaughtered during Eid. Abdullah, a resident of Jalalabad, said people threw the waste of their…
Environmental Protection Department officials say the Sar-i-Pul River water is polluted and toxic due to public negligence. Abdul Hafeez Mohammadi, spokesperson for the Environmental Protection Department, said: “Sar-i-Pul has a big river, whose water flows into canals…
The Water Supply and Canalization Department of southern Kandahar province says the groundwater level in the province has depleted as deep as 15 meters, causing water shortages. Engineer Janan Agha, director of the department, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The Kabul Municipality is taking new initiatives to spruce up city squares and give the central capital a new makeover. Niamatullah Barakzai, head of the media office at the municipality, told Pajhwok Afghan News the cultural department was…
Residents of western Badghis province complain about the lack of garbage cans in Qala-i-Naw, asking the authorities to address the problem. Speaking to Pajhwok Afghan News, some inhabitants of Qala-i-Naw, the provincial capital, criticised the lack of trash…
Veteran development expert Sultan Masood Dakik says he has met the deputy mayor of Kabul on garbage disposal projects in the Gazak locality of Khak-i-Jabbar district. The expert said he was striving to get the attention of Germany…
Casualty figures in Afghanistan last week remained the same as of previous week. An important multi-national meeting on Afghanistan is scheduled to take place in late March while Antalya Forum discussed vital issues related to Afghanistan. Last week’s…
The Ministry of Energy and Water on Tuesday warned people against visiting river banks, saying there was a threat of a surge in water levels. In a statement, the ministry said based on expert predictions, heavy rainfall and…
Kabul Municipality has pledged to stop the delivery of waste to Gazak, a site in the Kakh-e-Jabbar district of Kabul province used for Kabul City’s waste dumping over the past several years. Previous government had ordered Kabul Municipality…
