The Ghorat-Hazarajat alpine meadow ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1004) covers the high mountainous elevations of central Afghanistan.

The region is the home of the critically endangered Afghan brook salamander (Paradactylodon mustersi), which depends on the cold waters of the high streams of the ecoregion.

[1] The habitat is considered vulnerable due to livestock grazing and diversion of water sources.

Only one, however, is endemic - the endangered Afghan brook salamander, which may have a range of less than 10 square kilometers, and number fewer than 2,000 individuals.

[4] Birds of conservation interest include the near-threatened Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), the endangered Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), the vulnerable Pale-backed pigeon (Columba eversmanni), and the endangered Rufous backed bunting (Emberiza jankowskii).