{"id":78652,"date":"2018-07-10T08:33:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T08:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/lib\/persistent-drought-sparks-concerns\/"},"modified":"2020-12-19T10:51:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T10:51:14","slug":"persistent-drought-sparks-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/persistent-drought-sparks-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Persistent drought sparks concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/2017_Uploads\/2018\/July\/10\/wheter 2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>KABUL (SW) &ndash; Experts have warned the underground water levels are likely to fall drastically in the capital Kabul if serious attention is not paid towards tackling the persistent droughts.<\/p>\n<p>Najib Aqa Faheem, state minister for disaster&nbsp;management, told a three-day moot in Kabul on Tuesday in this connection that serious efforts are required to harmonize affairs in line with nature.&nbsp; He stressed extensive awareness campaign, modern technology, investment and national will are required to mitigate the potential threats facing the nation in this regard.<\/p>\n<p>Advisor on disasters management affairs, Ezatullah Sidiqi, said on the occasion the purpose behind this two-day conference is to coordinate efforts and plans and share experiences on the national level.<\/p>\n<p>Extreme drought and harsh weather have caused concerns in many provinces across Afghanistan. A number of participants informed Salam Watandar farmers and herders in particular are facing the brunt due to persistent drought.<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL (SW) \u2013 Experts have warned the underground water levels are likely to fall drastically in the capital Kabul if serious attention is not paid towards tackling the persistent droughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[93],"class_list":["post-78652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","tag-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}