Kabul Edges Toward Disaster as It Becomes First Modern Capital City to Run Out of Water
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Because of a number of factors, listed in a recent report, this city is at risk of becoming the first modern capital to be without water. Mercy Corps, a non-governmental organization (NGO)...
Kabul Edges Toward Disaster as It Becomes First Modern Capital City to Run out of Water
(Zero Hedge)—Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, is on the verge of becoming the first modern capital city to run out of water, according to Yahoo/CNN. Residents across the city are in a daily scramble to find enough to drink, cook, and wash. “We don’t have access to (drinking) water at all,” one woman told CNN. “Water shortage is a huge problem affecting our daily life.” The Yahoo/CNN report says that years of population growth, over-extraction,…
A few years ago, it would have been completely unthinkable to see a report that a country's capital could dry up within years, but now that's what's feared in Kabul. CNN has produced a report on the hardships faced by people living in one of the world's poorest countries, and the situation is, to put it mildly, disheartening.
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