The government announced on Thursday plans for planting 120,000 saplings and 50,000 seasonal flowers in Kabul this spring. Inamullah Samangani, deputy spokesman for the government, tweeted the Kabul Municipality was preparing for planting 120,000 saplings in 22 districts…
Six people have been arrested in connection with hunting wild birds in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Saturday. Dr. Hilal Balkhi, director of information and culture, told Pajhwok Afghan News the individuals were arrested for violating…
Afghanistan Environment Protection Authority (AEPA) says people involved in the environmental pollution in capital Kabul and provinces will be dealt with in accordance with the law. In a statement, AEPA said its environmental team monitored the heating system…
Special security units would be set up to curb deforestation and land grabbing in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Wednesday. A statement from the Nangarhar provincial media office said the acting governor and deputy agriculture minister had…
Some residents of northern Kunduz province complain they have no option but to sell their household items due to bad economic situation and stoppage of salaries. Ghulam Jailani, a resident of Kunduz province, said earlier he served…
The Ministry of Public Health and medical experts have expressed concern over the mixing of groundwater with human feces in most parts of Kabul. DastagirNaziri, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health, told Pajhwok Afghan News that although…
South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) Director-General Ambassador M. Ashraf Haidari has held productive talks with the senior advisor to US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. After talks with Afghan and Sri Lankan leader on the…
The Kabul Municipality on Thursday announced suspending its bus service due to the worsening COVID-19 crisis in the country. On its Facebook page, the municipality wrote the bus service would be suspended with effect from Saturday, June 18.…
Afghan Ambassador to Sri Lanka Ashraf Haidari has called South Asia a region with many sensitive marine environments. The impact of bio-invasion could have a devastating effect on the balance of ecosystems like coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds…
Residents of this capital city of western Farah province are complaining about uncollected garbage heaps in different parts of the city, saying the waste is causing many diseases. The residents accuse the city municipality of poor management…
Wishing member states a happy World Environment Day, South Asia Cooperative Environment Program (SACEP) director general M. Ashraf Haidari has said the impact of environmental degradation continues to affect the impoverished populations the most across South Asia In…
Director-General of the South Asia Cooperative Environment Program (SACEP) Ambassador M. Ashraf Haidari has called on President Ashraf Ghani and discussed with him matters related to climate change. Afghanistan is one of the eight member-states of the South…
A number of women have launched a tree plantation campaign in Kabul as part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL)’s initiative. MAIL at the beginning of the campaign called on Afghan women to contribute…
The National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA) on Saturday said 25 million fruit bearing and non-fruit saplings were being planted across the country. Shah Zaman Maiwandi, head of NEPA, in a meeting with NEPA officials and deputy Mayor of…
The Kabul Zoo director says the zoo suffered a 17.5 million afghanis loss due to Covid-19 spread but the total revenue of last year was 33 million afghanis from one million visitors. Kabul Zoo director Aziz Gul Saqeb…
A campaign to plant 5000 trees in schools was launched across eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday. The campaign was jointly launched by the agriculture and education departments of Nangarhar province. Local officials say 5,000 saplings would be planted…
A day-long workshop entitled "The Role of Media in Environment Protection, organized by Mediothek Afghanistan and the Green Road in Kabul was attended by 25 journalists on Monday. Professor Mustafa Hassani of the Faculty of Environment at Kabul…
Some residents of the 9th district of Kabul province have been complaining about the existence of huge garbage heaps in their areas and accusing municipality officials of negligence in transferring the swelling piles. Abdul Sabur, a resident of…
KABUL have increased in central capital Kabul. In addition to dust, the use of poor quality and smoky fuel such as coal is one of the causes of air pollution in the city of about seven million people. Due to…
KABUL’s natural gas can be an option to prevent growing pollution in Kabul but this strategy was not implemented because of companies that hold monopoly over Afghanistan energy supply, according to Kabul Municipality on Sunday. Referring to the illegal buildings…
Garbage piles have swelled in central capital Kabul due to lack of garbage boxes in various parts of the city, causing environmental pollution. Residents say they are worried about the increased accumulation of waste which could spread various…
A five-day "Environmental Investigative Reporting workshop ended here on Thursday, in which 25 journalists participated. Zia-u-Din, representative of Mediothek Eco Journalists Network, told Pajhwok Afghan News the purpose of the workshop was to share environmental issues with journalists.…
Air pollution dropped by 30 percent in central capital Kabul following the coronavirus lockdown measures, a senior environmental official said on Tuesday. Director for Research and Oversight Eng Mohammad Khan told Pajhwok that air pollution decreased in major…
The Environmental Task Force Team have suspended the activities of some factories, hotels, bathhouses in capital Kabul and sealed its heaters systems. Shah Zaman Maiwand, head of the National Environmental Protection Authority (NEPA), said a joint team…
