INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, deputy foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, says the use of bombs and chemical weapons
throughout years of war in Afghanistan has actually hurt the country&& 's environment.Speaking at a National Climate Change Conference in
Kabul on Wednesday, Stanikzai called on the global neighborhood and nations associated with Afghanistan&& 's wars to not politicize
ecological concerns and to work together with Afghanistan.&& Those hazardous bombs, gadgets, chemical weapons, and dynamites that were
utilized here regrettably still have visible results
In much of our locations, landmines are buried, and their impacts are being seen in the second generation today,& & said Stanekzai.He
further specified that 80 percent of Afghanistan&& 's forests have been damaged due to the wars and stressed that to overcome the existing
crisis, the country&& 's water resources need to be handled, as Afghanistan is currently facing a water shortage.He said: && You can see
that across all of Afghanistan, the water levels are dropping, and Afghanistan is facing a water shortage
If we don&& 't control our water, and if things continue this way, it will be damaging to us, and a day will come when we won&& 't have any
water to consume anywhere in Afghanistan.&& Meanwhile, Muti-ul-Haq Khalis, head of the National Environmental Protection Agency, stated at
the conference that environment modification is a global phenomenon, and resolving it needs collaborations and cooperation
He got in touch with the world to help Afghanistan.Deputy Minister of Economy Abdul Latif Nazari also specified: && Sanctions ought to be
lifted, and constraints should be removed so that institutions and organizations can cooperate more quickly with our agencies, consisting of
the National Environmental Protection Agency, without facingproblems in monetary deals.&& In the meantime, the head of the United Nations
Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, said that UNAMA supports efforts to combat the effects of environment change in
Afghanistan.&& I promise that UNAMA will support efforts to combat the impacts of environment change
UNAMA plans to hold national and international conferences this year on environment change and its effects in Afghanistan
I likewise prompt UN agencies and NGOs to support these efforts with technical expertise and useful understanding,& & stated
Otunbayeva.Currently, Afghanistan is the sixth most vulnerable nation worldwide due to climate change.The post Stanekzai calls on int&& l
neighborhood to help battle climate modification results in Afghanistan initially appeared on Ariana News.
