Afghanistan: Deadly Silence Against Air Pollution

Jan 4, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari, Daily Outlook Afghanistan
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Both government and citizens are aware that air-pollution have reached a serious threatening level in Afghanistan but knowingly underestimate the deteriorating issue! thousands of people are suffering from health issues such as cancers, heart and respiratory diseases that air pollution brings, and in fact the danger of air-pollution became as deadly as terrorist in our country. As ranked by WHO, Mazar-e Sharif and are Kabul are graded the ninth and tenth most polluted cities in the world while Onitsha, a fast-growing city in Nigeria, got the first place in the world. As a result, the toxic particles reached – up to 1000 mg per cubic meter – in Kabul. While, as expert says anything over 300 mg per cubic meter is considered harmful to people's health.