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Kunduz municipality to hire 550 new workers

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Ajmal kakar
On
Aug 06, 2017 - 20:02
KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): The mayor for northern Kunduz province on Sunday said some 550 new employees were being hired by the municipality for cleaning the capital city, Kunduz City. Najeebullah Omarkhail told Pajhwok Afghan News: “As part of the new...
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‘Green zone’ to change social life in Kabul: Ghani

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Pajhwok
On
Aug 03, 2017 - 18:36
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Capital Zone Development Authority has said ten kilometers of new roads will be built and people whose houses are being demolished as part of the ‘Kabul Green Zone plan’ will be provided new homes. Ilham Omar Hotaki, the...
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Only Baghlan park being turned into marketplace

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Habibullah Sherzai
On
Jul 12, 2017 - 18:08
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Residents of northern Baghlan province say the provincial municipality is trying to convert the only recreational park in Pul-i-Khumri, the provincial capital, into a commercial area. Bagh-i-Qahwa Khana Parkis, the only...
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Efforts on to put out Nuristan forest blaze

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Yousuf Zarifi
On
Jun 01, 2017 - 13:59
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A fire in the Noorgram district of eastern Nuristan province has gutted a three kilometers forest of pine nuts, officials said on Thursday. Noorgram district chief Naimatullah Muslim told Pajhwok Afghan News the blaze erupted in...
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2-year ‘green city program’ launched in Kandahar

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Bashir Ahmad Naadim
On
May 31, 2017 - 19:29
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): A two-year ‘green and clean city’ program was launched on Wednesday in the capital city of southern Kandahar province. Governor Zalmai Weesa, Mayor Eng. Rokhan Walasmal, municipal districts representatives and other...
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Ghazni: Endangered animals being hunted into extinction

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Saifullah Maftoon
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May 03, 2017 - 00:59
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Hunting of endangered wild animals and birds has lately gained momentum in southern Ghazni province, the provincial environment protection director said on Tuesday. Shabir Ahmad Ahmadyar told Pajhwok Afghan News that poachers...
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Groundwater level down by 15 metres in Kandahar

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Ahmad Bashir Naadem
On
Apr 25, 2017 - 16:09
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The groundwater level has gone down by 15 meters as a result of illegal digging of deep wells in southern Kandahar province, local officials said on Tuesday. Mohammad Nader Kakar, water supply and canalsation director, told...
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Officials call environmental pollution a grave threat

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Azizullah Hamdard
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Apr 23, 2017 - 15:02
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Environment 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...
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Kandahar mayor gets GPM membership

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Basher Ahmad Naadim
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Apr 11, 2017 - 19:57
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): The mayor of southern Kandahar City has been awarded membership of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM), an official said on Tuesday.
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Most cities lashed by rain & snowfall, ending dry spell

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Nizamuddin Hameedi
On
Jan 03, 2017 - 13:52
KABUL (Pajhwok): After months of dry weather, most provinces of the country, including Kabul, received rain and snowfall on Tuesday. The wet spell is expected to continue over the next couple of days.
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Lowering underground water deemed ‘catastrophic’

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Navid Ahmad Barakzai
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Dec 29, 2016 - 19:21
KABUL (Pajhwok): Experts say the lowering underground water level and water pollution in capital Kabul city is ‘worrying and catastrophic’ and ask the government to take serious steps towards resolving the issue. They expressed the remarks on...
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Public help needed in keeping city clean: CEO

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Mohammad Halim Karimi
On
Dec 19, 2016 - 18:14
KABUL (Pajhwok): The chief executive officer (CEO) on Monday asked all government agencies and NGO should take part in cleaning the cityand called people’s support in this process as requisite condition. The 10-day campaign for cleaning Kabulstarted...
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Cleanliness campaign launched in Nangarhar capital

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Yousuf Zarifi
On
Dec 07, 2016 - 12:16
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): An overnight campaign for washing roads and streets in the capital of eastern Nangarhar provinces has been launched, the governor’s office said on Wednesday. The cleanliness drive was being conducted by Khogyani Academic and...
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42pc of Afghans lack access to clean drinking water

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On
Nov 22, 2016 - 19:11
KABUL (Pajhwok): Participants of a three-day conference on sanitation on Tuesday said 42 percent of Afghans lacked access to clean drinking water and 19 percent to public toilets. ‘The First Sanitation Conference in Afghanistan ’ launched here on...
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Supermoon -- special celestial sight -- to occur within hours

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Mohammad Halim Karimi
On
Nov 13, 2016 - 14:38
KABUL (Pajhwok): Tonight’s supermoon -- visibly larger by 15 percent and brighter by 16 percent compared to the ordinary full moon -- will be closest to Earth in seven decades, America’s space agency says.
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Anti-pollution campaign launched in Herat City

By
Storai Karimi
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Oct 20, 2016 - 16:05
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Municipality’s construction permit system simplified

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Jul 20, 2016 - 13:36
KABUL (Pajhwok): The World Bank has helped the Kabul Municipality develop a more efficient construction permit system that has significantly cut red tape and processing times, boosting private investment in the city’s construction sector. Funded by...
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Most natural streams in Paktia silt up or go dry

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Pajhwok
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Jul 07, 2016 - 12:52
GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Most of natural streams across southern Paktia province have become silted or gone dry, causing a shortage of irrigation water.
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Afghanistan’s first-ever Environmental Short Films Contest held

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Pajhwok
On
Jun 05, 2016 - 17:41
KABUL (Pajhwok): Filmmakers, actors and writers from across Afghanistan on Monday received awards in the country’s first-ever Environmental Short Films Contest, organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the National Environmental Protection Agency and Saba TV.
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Female activists launch cleanliness drive in Jalalabad

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Zeerak Fahim
On
May 28, 2016 - 20:54
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Female civil society activists on Saturday carried out a cleanliness campaign in Jalalabad City, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province. The activists collected garbage from streets of the city during the campaign initiated...
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