The cause of Kabul's environmental problems is its impact on economic and human health

Abstract

A careful examination of the current situation of shows that the Kabul capital of Afghanistan suffers from many environmental problems such as solid waste management, Destruction of protected areas, and air/water pollution. over the past two decades, are acceleration in urbanization, population growth, poverty, war, unhealthy management, and the government's lack of attention to the environment are the main causes of environmental problems in Kabul, at cause A rapid increase in energy consumption, Fossil fuels, and biofuels, and motorization, Elimination of green areas. main air pollution Particulate matter (PM) is the most serious air pollutant in Kabul levels were several times higher than the World Health Organization. one-third of its population has access to the water supply network. public sanitation system does not exist in the city, which leads to contamination of the groundwater in the city. Another major environmental problem in Kabul is the management of solid waste, as well as wastewater management, which has polluted the soil and air/water, there is no type of wastewater treatment without any treatment wastewater entering the stream. also, there is no solid waste collection, disposal, and recycling mismanagement in Kabul. According to assessments, air/water pollution, solid waste and wastewater pollution is the cause of death and morbidity also have an economic effect. Environmental problems can be curbed by enforcing environmental laws Cooperation between the government and national and international organizations and people's participation in protecting the environment.