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Afghanistan has long been known for diverse wildlife. Many of the larger mammals in the country are categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as globally threatened. These include the snow leopard, Marco Polo sheep, Siberian musk deer, markhor, urial, and the Asiatic black bear.
A location in Zabul Province of Afghanistan. Felling has been made illegal all over Afghanistan. [12] [13] [14] According to NEPA, only about 1.5% of the country is forested. [15] Others have put the figure at 2.1% (or 1,350,000 ha). [16] Some steps have been taken in recent years to plant trees in the urban areas of the country.
The East Afghan montane conifer forests ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0506) covers a series of unconnected conifer forests along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, at elevations of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) to 3,400 metres (11,200 ft) above sea level.
In Afghanistan, there are more than 3,000 plant species, including many assortments of trees, bushes, vines, blossoms, and growths. Especially numerous are therapeutic plants such as wormwood, and asafetida; products of the soil trees are found in numerous territories. [ 1 ]
This is a list of protected areas of Afghanistan. [1] Ab-i-Estada Nature Reserve, Ghazni Province; Ajar Valley Nature Reserve, Bamyan Province; Bamiyan National Heritage Park, Bamyan Province; Bamiyan Plateau Protected Landscape, Bamyan Province; Band-e Amir National Park, Bamyan Province; Darqad (Takhar) Wildlife Reserve, Takhar Province
The Islamic State group still commands between 5,000 and 7,000 members across its former stronghold in Syria and Iraq and its fighters pose the most serious terrorist threat in Afghanistan today ...
Scripps News spoke with former U.S. Central Command head General Frank McKenzie for his thoughts two years after the U.S. left Afghanistan.
Today, some buildings from the Timurid period remain (the Green Mosque pictured), as well as ruins from the previous periods. [9] Band-E-Amir: Bamyan: 2004 vii, viii, ix, x (natural) Band-E-Amir is a series of mountain lakes created by natural dams. The waters are pure blue and the nature is undisturbed.