Air pollution is nicknamed as 'the silent killer' in Afghanistan. In 2019, the PM2.5 levels placed Afghanistan as the 4th most polluted country in the world (one rank after Mongolia). 

Join us this week with Naqib Sediqi, from the National Environment Protection Agency, as we get briefed on the current state of air pollution in Afghanistan. Mr. Sediki informed us that there is a lack of studies and research on the subject of air pollution in his country and he gave us his long list of recommendations which he thinks might help.

Subjects by time:

0:30 Geographic structure of Afghanistan

1:00 Civil war

2:45 Lack of sanitation

4:20 Electricity

8:14 Afghanistan and Kabul in world rankings

10:05 Negative effects of air pollution

11:25 PM2.5 levels

12:19 In relation to COVID 19

13:06 Government steps

15:57 Naqib Sediqi’s list of recommendations