Ministry of transport (MoT) on Tuesday announced creating a five-year plan to ensure smooth flow of traffic in central Kabul. The plan includes seizure of old vehicles and some other procedures. Qudratullah Zaki, Minister of Transport, made the…
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…
KABUL Protection Authority (EPA) says 70 percent of recreational and agricultural areas have been converted into residential buildings and commercial plazas in major cities of the country. As a result, oxygen sources would be dangerously depleted in the next four…
The National Environment Protection Agency on Tuesday said the increasing use of coal for heating purposes caused air pollution in the western province of Herat. “Using coal is not a proper way of heating because it has…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
KABUL Protection Agency (NEPA) on Tuesday installed an air pollution gauge in the capital Kabul, an official said. Speaking to reporters at the inaugural ceremony for the machine, NEPA Director Mustafa Zahir said the system had accounted for 15 million…
KABUL): The Kabul Municipality said on Sunday the operation against encroachments on roads in the capital would continue, but residents feared the campaign against cabins and handcarts would lead to robberies and pick-pocketing. In December 2011, the Ministry of Interior…
