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

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned two to three billion people worldwide have experienced water shortages. Late on Saturday night, the UN chief tweeted that access to clean drinking water was not a privilege. Guterres said, we must all take collective Water Action to share resources equitably and manage them sustainably. The UN has previously More

Wildfires have burned down at least 95 acres of forest cover in eastern Kunar and Nuristan provinces, the Ministry of Natural DisastersManagement Authority said on Monday. Shafiullah Rahimi, MoNDMA spokesman, said: “Based on initial reports of the disaster management departments of Kunar and Nuristan provinces, forests caught fire in Pech Dara and Kamdesh districts of Kunar province, destroying trees on 95 acres of land.” Rahimi added MoNDMA had dispatched several units and volunteer teams to the forests in More

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for immediate global action to avert climate ‘catastrophe’. Gutters made the remarks during a press conference at UN Headquarters in New York following a meeting with civil society climate leaders from across the globe. The UN chief on Thursday called on countries to phase out coal and other fossil More