Economic Deputy of the Prime Minister of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said that the 20-year war did a lot of harm to the environment, especially in terms of air quality and nature.

Officials of the "National Environmental Protection" Administration, stating that western countries should not associate the issue of environment with politics, add that Afghanistan's environmental projects, which are currently suspended by the international community, should start as soon as possible.

Yousuf fled with his family from his home in eastern Afghanistan eight years ago to escape the war, but he couldn’t escape tragedy. In the capital, Kabul, five of his children died, not from violence or bombings, but from air pollution, worsened by bitter cold and poverty.