Recent flash floods from heavy rains killed at least 85 people and wounded about 100 more in four provinces in the past two days, the State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management said on Saturday. Mohammad Janan Sayeeq, a spokesman for the ministry, in a video clip said that 85 people lost their lives and around More

At least 23 people have been killed and 14 others wounded as a result of flash floods in northern Takhar and Badakhshan provinces. Maulvi Sair Sijad, director of Natural Disaster Management Authority in Takhar, said the floods hit Chal, Ishkamish, Namak Aab, and Farkhar districts late on Friday night. According to information from the official, More

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underlined the need for protecting the earth from climate change. In a video clip on X on Earth Day, the UN secretary-general said the planet was threatened by climate change, pollution and the biodiversity loss. “On #EarthDay, we must stand for our planet. A planet that needs to be rescued. So we More

Rain-induced floods have destroyed 1,500 acres of agriculture land and severely damaged more than 540 residential houses over the last two days across Afghanistan, says the United Nations. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement on Sunday the flooding also washed away six bridges and destroyed 450 kilometres of More

aFive international NGOs have warned a warmer-than-average winter and lack of snow are ominous signs of worsening climatic and drought conditions in Afghanistan, which is already suffering its worst drought in 30 years. The country has had very little snow so far this winter, raising fears that water shortages will continue after three continuous years of More

A fire that broke out three days ago in a forest area in eastern Nuristan province has been controlled, an official said on Wednesday, but residents say the fire is stilling spreading. Nuristan agriculture and livestock director Salman Aiman said the fire in Norgram district was doused in cooperation with the provincial administration and the More

At least 1,910 environmental activists have been killed for their efforts to protect nature against business and criminal interests between 2012 and 2022, a UK-based watchdog Global Witness has said in a report. According to Reuters, the group said these environmental activists were murdered because they advocated for protection of nature against commercial and illegal More

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says 99 percent of the world’s population breathing unsafe air and causing more than 6.7 million premature deaths a year. The UNEP wrote in its X page: “Airborne contaminants are the biggest direct environmental health risks of our time, with 99 per cent of the world’s population breathing unsafe air.” More

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. Experts say the country’s water resources must be managed, otherwise the people will face a disaster, but More

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan (UNOCHA) on Sunday said Afghanistan was among top ten countries experiencing extreme weather and natural disasters. “Did you know that #Afghanistan is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to #ClimateCrisis? “Climate change is out of control,” warned @antonioguterres as the Northern Hemisphere More