Thursday, December 23, 2021

Changing climate parches Afghanistan, exacerbating poverty

An Afghan farmer uses a donkey to carry water canisters across the dried-out river near Sang-e-Atash, Afghanistan. A severe drought has dramatically worsened the already desperate situation in the country.

A severe drought, now in its second year, has dramatically worsened the already desperate situation in the country with an economy in freefall following the Taliban takeover in August.

(Image credit: Mstyslav Chernov/AP)

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