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Kabul's wells run dry, driving children out of class and into water queues
Poor families spend up to 30% of their income on water as children spend hours queuing at taps amid Kabul’s worsening water shortages, experts warn groundwater may run out by 2030.
- KABUL: Eight-year-old Noorullah and his twin Sanaullah haul yellow jerrycans through Kabul instead of going to school, queuing with dozens of children at communal taps where fights often flare.
- War wrecked much of Kabul's supply network, leaving residents reliant on water tankers and private wells as the population passed six million and infrastructure investment lagged.
- A family of 13 lost its private well four years ago and now queues at taps or pools money for tankers, while poor households spend up to 30% of income and even 120 metres wells have dried up.
- Health problems are rising as households affected by waterborne illness report stomach ulcers and H. pylori infections, while communal tap queues lasting three hours cause collapses and community strain.
- This month the Afghanistan Analysts Network warned Kabul's groundwater could run out by 2030, and U.N. envoy Roza Otunbayeva told the U.N. Security Council earlier this month Kabul risks running out of water `within years, not decades`.
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Kabul's wells run dry, driving children out of class and into water queues
Eight-year-old Noorullah and his twin, Sanaullah, spend their days hauling yellow jerrycans on a wheelbarrow through Kabul's dusty alleys instead of going to school - an ordeal for one family that reflects Afghanistan's deepening water crisis.
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Kabul’s wells run dry, driving children out of class and into water queues
KABUL: Eight-year-old Noorullah and his twin, Sanaullah, spend their days hauling yellow jerrycans on a wheelbarrow through Kabul’s dusty alleys instead of going to school — an ordeal for one family that reflects Afghanistan’s deepening water crisis. Once supplied with water from their own well, the family of 13 has had to queue at communal taps or pool money for costly water
·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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