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Kabul is rapidly running out of water

Nestled in a high-altitude valley in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountain range, Kabul is rapidly running out of water. Experts say climate change has played its part, but so has massive population growth and resource mismanagement. Many people, particularly in …

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Kabul is rapidly running out of water

Nestled in a high-altitude valley in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountain range, Kabul is rapidly running out of water. Experts say climate change has played its part, but so has massive population growth and resource mismanagement. Many people, particularly in …

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) The woman was furious. Standing in the muddy lane sloping up the hill in one of the Afghan capitals poorer neighborhoods, she pulled her headscarf aside to reveal thick grey-w…

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