Environmental Facts and Issues Concerning Afghanistan
by Abdullah Qazi / September 21, 2008
Section last updated June 9, 2020
Today, mostly as a result decades of political chaos and conflict, Afghanistan is in a state of severe environmental crisis. Even though some improvements and regulatory advances have been made after the fall of the Taliban such as the creation of the National Environmental Agency (NEPA) in 2005, and the passing of Afghanistan’s first Environmental Law in 2007, a lot more needs to be done. The major environmental issues today for Afghanistan are soil degradation, air and water pollution, deforestation at an alarming rate, overgrazing, desertification, and over population in its already fragile urban areas. There are also very limited, unequally distributed, and poorly managed natural fresh water resources in Afghanistan.
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