Environment

Security forces have seized seven rare hawks from hunters and freed them back into the wild in northern Jawzjan province, officials say.

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Residents of Herat city, the capital of western Herat province, are concerned about drying up of trees at some parks and on

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The Department of Environmental Protection of northern Balkh province said on Wednesday said 25 different types of birds that had been . .

BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): An environmental protection awareness campaign has been launched in central Bamyan province, an official said on Monday. According to the officials at

KABUL (Pajhwok): The National Environment Protection Authority (ANEPA) has said that Afghanistan’s role in greenhouse gases emission is 0.8 percent and asked the . .

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Dozens of volunteers on Monday joined a cleanliness drive to remove garbage and plastic bags from Lashkargah city, the capital of southern Helmand

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Transport and Aviation on Saturday predicated heavy rains with lightning and flash floods in nine provinces of the country. In

BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): Wildlife hunting has been brought down to zero in central Bamyan province, but environmentalists claim rare birds and other animals are still

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Department of Meteorology on Friday forecast 10 to 30mm heavy rain, lighting and flooding in eight provinces of the country. In

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Some residents of Herat City, the capital of western Herat province, have said the lack of garbage dumpsters and none cooperative behavior

Extreme weather, acute droughts, receding underground water level by an average of 11 meters, untimely rains and floods caused by climate change have led to the displacement of people and have created a host of challenges in Afghanistan.

GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Dozens of youths from various provinces voluntarily joined a cleanliness campaign to remove filth from the Zazai Aryub recreational park in southeastern Paktia