Taliban Environmental Department Holds Talks with Japan on Bilateral Cooperation
The Environmental Protection Department under the Taliban administration announced that Khalis Matwakil, acting head of the department, met with Kentaro Doi, Japan’s Deputy Minister of the Environment, to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation and addressing Afghanistan’s environmental challenges.
According to the department’s statement, the meeting reviewed the current environmental situation in the country, existing needs, and priorities. The Afghan side emphasized the necessity of technical and financial support and expressed a desire to benefit from Japan’s experience in natural resource management, pollution reduction, and climate change mitigation.
Meanwhile, Japan’s Deputy Minister of the Environment expressed his country’s readiness to participate in environmental projects in Afghanistan. Further details on the types of projects and how these collaborations would be implemented have not been disclosed.
In recent years, Afghanistan has faced challenges such as consecutive droughts, declining water resources, air pollution in major cities, and forest degradation—issues that require effective long-term planning and regional as well as international cooperation to address.
