Pakistan had buried the nuclear waste in Helmand and Kandahar.

translated from sobah 8 an Afghani newspaper.

Experts; Pakistan had buried the nuclear waste in Helmand and Kandahar.

Experts from environment are saying that the government of Pakistan, after testing a nuclear bomb in Baluchistan in the 1999-2001, at the time of the Taliban rule in Afghanistan buried the nuclear waste of the experiments in Helmand and Kandahar provinces of Afghanistan.

In the 1999  after Indian announced  its nuclear capability Pakistan also tested its unclear bomb in Chagi Baluchistan 30 km from Afghan border. The Afghanistan experts and officials of the office of environment protection department are saying that radiation from the Pakistan atomic bomb remained in the region where Pakistan atomic bomb was tested.

Mohammad Kazem Humayon, the president of national environment planning for the office of the national environment protection department, says Pakistan at the time of Taliban rule in Afghanistan had taken opportunity from the friendly relation with the Taliban and buried their nuclear waste in Helmand and Kandahar. He says, "The nuclear waste buried in Afghanistan cost billions of dollars to make safe and Pakistan did not have sufficient finances for the unclear waste safe keeping but to dump them in Afghan soil.

Pakistan never allocated a budget for nuclear waste management. Pakistan has not got resources to manage their nuclear wastage. Pakistan has always dumped its nuclear waste in Afghan soil.

The atomic waste and left over from uranium researches are very dangerous for environment and the animal. The nuclear waste are restored in safe places that is far away from cities and places the places where nuclear wastes  kept are not suitable for animal and human habitat.

Mr Farq Wardick a minister in Afghan government in an interview with the Radio BBC Persian In 2007 when he was a minister for parliament affair conformed that there are sites in Helmand, and Kandahar where the Pakistanis have dumped their nuclear waste.

The Mr Wardick said there are evidences that confirming that the Pakistani has dumped their nuclear waste. Sabah 8 newspaper could not able to talk to the Mr wardick. The minister has turned down an interview request from Sbah 8 newspaper.

Three years ago some experts spoken about nuclear dumps that Pakistan had buried between 1999 and 2001.

President karazi at that time issue the president order and selected a committee of experts to use modern technology and expertise to investigate the suspected avoidances and report to president.

The president order 2470 in 2007 read; there should be a committee from Afghanistan nation defence, world community, international atomic agencies to investigate suspected nuclear dumps site and impact of nuclear radiation on environment and human health and in the same president order the president tasked the committee using modern technology and expertise to find out the nuclear radiation material impact on environment people health if there is any. The president ordered a comprehensive research on environment and human health.

The same president order read; selected committee should present their report to Afghan president within 6 month.

President Karzai selected Dr Abdul Hay Habibi the current head of Afghan nuclear energy’s head to chair committee of Pakistanis dumped nuclear waste in Helmand and Kandahar and report to president within 6 months.

The Mr Humayon is saying that three years after the Pakistan dumped nuclear waste in Afghanistan were debated and discussed among the environment experts and government official, but till today there is no single report has been published.

  The Mr Humayon said the Afghan elites and ministers have used the Pakistan nuclear waste on Afghan soil for political points scoring. Some time a minister rise the nuclear dumped waste issue next day either sacked from job or bribed elevated to higher position and the issue of the Pakistan nuclear waste in afghan soil is suppressed.

The  Dr Habibi the head of Afghan nuclear said the report was presented to Afghan president and denied the site of Pakistan nuclear dump in Afghanistan, he continued to say the search for Pakistani nuclear is completed there is no further need for investigation; but he admitted that his team search for the Pakistani nuclear dump was confined to part of Helmand, the committee never investigated Kandahar. The Dr Habibi said the Afghan nuclear exports are not qualified therefore their assessment is not correct. But the Dr Habibi refused the name villages his team have investigated.

 Mr Gulam Mohammad Malikyar and moeen Moslike from Afghanistan environment said to Sabah 8 news paper that the Pakistani nuclear test near Afghan border (30KM) is illegal and has negative impact on people and environment. The atomic bomb test has polluted the environment.

On behalf of the Afghan environment department in 1999 I wrote a letter to united Nation in that letter I stated that Pakistan should not allowed to abuse it influence on Taliban and should not allowed to use weak afghan government.

The Mr Gulem Mohammad said his department in Helmand was part of selected committee set by the president to investigate the Pakistan’s nuclear waste in Helmand, he said till now they have not succeeded and he is not satisfied with investigation.

The Dr Habibi the Head of Afghan nuclear energy saying the investigation has been completed there is no need for further investigation.

The Mr Humayon said that the afghan government doesn’t want to reopen the investigation the afghan government doesn’t want to put responsibility on Pakistan government. He said if the international laws should be followed the Pakistan will be responsible for clean up and should compensate the people who livelihood have been ruined either by atomic bomb test or nuclear waste.

The Sabah 8 newspaper asked Afghan president office for comment, the president assistant spoke person syamak Harwy said he is not aware of the issue and refers the reporter to different department. Mr Raffe Fardous says there is no such thing I do not have any thing to say.

Mr Farmarz Tamanna the spoke person for the afghan foreign ministry said he has no information on Pakistani nuclear waste dump, if that is the true the afghan national interest will not allow us to highlight the Pakistan nuclear waste dump in the Afghan soil.

  Members of parliament on the committee for environment and health refused to comment on Pakistani nuclear waste dumps but they said the will try to put a light on the issue.

Mr Assadullah Sadity says every one in government and parliament aware of the Pakistan nuclear waste dumps on Afghan soil. He said Afghanistan has border and government, why a foreign country against international law, morality and international norm dump their nuclear waste that kill human and animal, bird and damage environment for 1000 years.

The question is to why a government minister do not highlight the issue, why the government block proper investigation, why the government hide the truth from the Afghan people.

Report by Akbar Rostimai Sabah8 Afghanistan,

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