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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
Wakhan National Park is a national park in northeastern Afghanistan.Established in 2014, the park encompasses the entire Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province, extending along the Wakhan Corridor between the Pamir Mountains and the Hindu Kush, bordering the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region of Tajikistan to the north, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan to the south, and the ...
According to some sources, the canal is named after Qosh Tepa District in Afghanistan's Jowzjan Province. [10] The word "qosh" (Uzbek: qoʻsh) is a Turkic word meaning "a pair" or a "twin". [11] "Qoʻshtepa" means "twin" or "adjoining hills" and is a common Uzbek toponym. [12] Therefore, the canal's name translates to "Twin Hills Canal".
[12] The Caspian tiger used to occur along the upper reaches of Hari-Rud near Herat to the jungles in the lower reaches of the river until the early 1970s. [13] Uncertain is the historical presence of the Asiatic lion in the country, as locality records are not known. [11] It is thought to have been present in southwestern and southern ...
Ajar Valley Nature Reserve is a protected area in Afghanistan, located in Bamyan Province. It was designated a nature reserve in the early 20th century after the Afghan royal family had used the area for hunting. It is considered by the IUCN to be one of the most important natural areas of Afghanistan and was proposed for a national park in ...
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.
Afghanistan National Television (Dari: تلویزیون ملی Televizion-e Milli-ye Afghanistan, Pashto: ملی تلویزیون Da Afghanistan Milli Televizion) is the state-owned television channel in Afghanistan. It is part of the Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) public broadcaster.
Kamal Khan Dam (Persian: بند کمال خان,Pashto: کمال خان بند) is a hydroelectric and irrigation dam project on the Helmand River in Chahar Burjak District of Nimruz Province in south-western Afghanistan. It is located about 95 km to the southeast of Zaranj.