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More than 2,000 people die each year due to air pollution in Kabul
The Ministry of Public Health said Sunday more than 2,000 people in Kabul die every year of respiratory diseases due to air pollution.
Marking World Climate Change Week in Kabul, titled “Climate, Health and Justice”, officials said that due to air pollution, thousands of people suffer from respiratory, heart, cancer, infectious and viral diseases every year.
“Every year at least 2,287 people of Kabul die due to respiratory diseases caused by air pollution,” said Hassan Ghiasi, Deputy Minister of Public Health.
Abdul Salam Hanafi, the second deputy of the Prime Minister, meanwhile said that the government is committed to improving the situation and by preventing more pollution in the country.
“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is committed to creating a national policy for Afghanistan’s environmental management,” Hanafi said.
In addition, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, political deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that frequent wars in the country, deforestation and excessive use of underground water have had negative effects on the country’s environment.
“The problem that the people of Afghanistan face is not only our responsibility, but the world also has a duty to cooperate with us in this area, because the world is also responsible for the air pollution in Afghanistan,” he said.
Hafiz Aziz-ul-Rahman, the head of the Environmental Protection Department, has also noted that climate change has disrupted the social life of the people and agriculture in the country.
Sources of air pollution in Kabul meanwhile include old cars, poor quality fuel, people burning trash, industrial brick kilns, small-scale smelting plants and foundries. That’s in addition to pollution coming from bakeries, restaurants and wedding halls as well as power plants, generators, household cooking stoves and heaters.
Eight security force members were killed and wounded in an IED explosion in Badakhshan province on Wednesday morning, officials confirmed.
The Ministry of Interior said three policemen died and five others were wounded in the explosion.
Abdul Mateen Qani, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior Affairs, said: “Unfortunately, at around 11:00 AM today, a sticky mine (magnetic IED) that was already embedded in a motorcycle exploded in the Jawozon area of Faizabad city, Badakhshan province.”
According to Qani the device detonated while a convoy of police was traveling through the area. Police had been carrying out a poppy clearing operation.
Police are investigating the incident, Qani said.
So far, no group or individual has claimed responsibility for the explosion.
Khurasan Faryab defeated Istiqlal Kabul 1-0 in the 35th match of Afghanistan Champions League (ACL) in Kabul on Tuesday, while Sorkh Poshan Khafi thrashed Sarsabz Yashlar 4-1 in the 36th match of the tournament on the same day.
Khurasan’s only goal against Istiqlal Kabul was scored by Farid Ahmad – who was declared man of the match.
In the second match of the day, Sorkh Poshan Khafi’s four goals were scored by Habibullah Hotak and Omid Rajabi.
Khurasan’s Habibullah Hotak received the man of the match award.
Wednesday’s matches will see Abu Muslim Farah FC take on Adalat Farah FC at 1 PM, while Maiwand FC will play Jawanan Wahedi FC at 3:30 PM.
The matches are broadcast live on Ariana Television.
The Ministry of National Defense of Afghanistan (MoD) has strongly rejected Pakistan’s claim that the recent attack on Chinese nationals in Pakistan was planned from the territory of Afghanistan.
Late last month five Chinese nationals and one Pakistani were killed in a suicide bombing near Besham, in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Inayatullah Khwarazmi, said that Daesh came from Pakistan to the territory of Afghanistan and its goals were organized from there.
He said that Pakistan should respond to these actions.
Khwarazmi, said that in an area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is under the security of the Pakistan Army, the killing of Chinese nationals is either the weakness of the security institutions or their cooperation with the attackers.
Khwarazmi says that the Islamic Emirate has assured China that Afghans are not involved in such incidents.
The territorial tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan are on the rise again. In the latest issue, Islamabad has accused Kabul of harboring terrorist networks.
Pakistan’s intelligence service has claimed that the Besham attack was planned in Afghanistan.
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