High Commission on Controlling Air Pollution (HCCAP) on Thursday said the commission would take practical steps for reducing ai pollution in capital Kabul following president’s directions. President Ashraf Ghani last week asked organs concerned to take serious action…
Residents of Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar province, on Monday complained of increasing air pollution caused by industrial units. Up to 300 big and small factories are functional in the provincial capital, hampering people’s movement and…
President Ashraf Ghani has asked the Ministry of Interior to take serious action against those violating government’s recommendations for using purified fuel and filters for smoke reduction. A statement from the Presidential Palace received by Pajhwok Afghan News…
KABUL Protection Agency (EPA) to draw up an effective plan to prevent air pollution. Ghani issued the orders during a meeting at his office late on Thursday, a statement from the Presidential Palace said on Friday. installing continuous air…
KABUL’s most populated cities. The announcement comes following increasing complaints about air pollution in the central capital where air pollution related deaths have also risen. EPA spokesman Laila Samani told Pajhwok Afghan News that air quality monitoring devices would be…
KABUL Protection Authority (NEPA) has aid it has classified vehicles contributing to air pollution in Kabul and shared the list of smoke-emitting vehicles with the Traffic Department. NEPA officials say they would stop all vehicles that cause pollution from playing…
KABUL Protection Authority (NEPA) says it has hammered out a five-year plan to prevent air pollution. Deputy head of NEPA Azizullah Sidiqi announced the strategy, prepared in coordination with 13 sectors, at a press conference late on Sunday. Sidiqi said…
A number of residents and tourists in southeastern Khost province on Sunday urged the government to stop deforestation at sightseeing areas in the province. Admamad is one of the most attractive sightseeing places in Tani district of…
Kabul City Municipality has fined a security company six million afghanis over cutting down several trees on the Airport Road in Kabul, a statement said Thursday. The trees had been planted between Public Health Square and Airport and…
President Ashraf Ghani chaired a Cabinet meeting that approved the action plan for reducing air pollution in capital Kabul, the Presidential Palace said on Thursday. A statement from the Presidential Palace to Pajhwok Afghan News said that President…
KABUL Protection Authority (NEPA) on Monday called environmental pollution in capital Kabul a matter of concern and warned the disaster of last winter would repeat if the issue was not paid attention. Kazmi Hamayon, NEPA head, talking on the occasion…
The population of wild animals has increased in different parts of southeastern Paktia province while some animals once disappeared during the civil war have reemerged in the province’s jungles. The reemergence of some previously disappearing wild animals in…
Two mountain cats, who attacked livestock and captured by shepherds in central Panjshir province, were freed on the occasion of World Wildlife Day, an official said Tuesday. Mohammad Rauf Yaqubi, Panjshir agriculture director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
KABUL Meteorology Authority (AMA) says the snowfall and rain spells are satisfactory this winter, reducing the drought and water crisis. In an inclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Naseem Murad Kohmardi, weather forecasting head at AMA, said recent rains in…
The residents of capital Kabul have been overjoyed and welcomed the first snowfall of winter season saying their worries regarding drought and increasing air pollution have somehow reduced. Kabul and some other provinces of the country have been…
KABUL Protection Agency (NEPA) wants citizens to use facemasks in increased pollution with the onset of winter. Mohammad Kazim Homayoon, planning manager at NEPA, told Pajhwok Afghan News lack of proper home-heating facilities, uncontrolled use of smoky fuels, raw coal,…
KABUL needs ‘competitive international capital market’ for its self-sufficiency. The president said this while addressing a meeting organized about the climate change issue at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday evening. Ghani said understanding and benefitting from natural resources was important…
Environment protection officials on Tuesday warned the under-ground water level in western Herat province had significantly decreased. Nasir Ahmad Fazli, Environment Protection Agency (EPA) head for Herat province, expressed concern about water depletion at a press conference…
KABUL 36 million in aid to help the impoverished nation deal with climate change – a task that needs $17 billion in ten years. Addressing a seminar “Dealing with Challenge of Climate Change in Afghanistan” EU Head of Mission in Afghanistan…
KABUL, one of the most affected countries, and ways to collectively mitigate the consequences of continually rising temperatures were discussed at a conference here on Wednesday. The European Union Delegation to Afghanistan conducted the third Serena Dialogue titled "Climate Change…
National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA) officials on Tuesday said traders continued to illegally import gases which harmed the natural environment. These views were expressed at a joint meeting between NEPA heads for Balkh, Kunduz, Baghlan, Samangan and Jawzjan…
Officials of the water supply company and urban canalization on Monday said the underground water level in the capital has severely polluted and lowered by 20 meters over the last few years. Hamidullah Yalani, head of Afghanistan Urban…
Kabul residents complain of increasing environmental and air pollution, saying different ailments are on the rise in the capital. The National Environment. Pollution causes diseases and even deaths among children. Ziarat Gul, a resident of 4th police district,…
A number of residents of central Daikundi province complain the government has been inattentive to the province’s natural environment protection. They say the environment has significantly polluted in Neili, the provincial capital, causing diseases to residents. Rahmatullah Qasimi,…
