Afghanistan, Sept. 30 -- Kabul faces an escalating water crisis as drought and climate change deplete supplies, forcing families into hardship and threatening widespread humanitarian disaster.
Kabul is facing a worsening water crisis as prolonged droughts and erratic rainfall push the Afghanistan capital towards severe shortages, aid groups said.
The crisis has triggered disease outbreaks, malnutrition and forced children out of school, highlighting the impact of climate change and decades of underinvestment in infrastructure.
Eight-year-old Noorullah and his brother Sanallah spend their days hauling yellow barrels of water on a cart instead of attending classes, Reuters witnessed. Their family's well dried up, forcing them to queue at p...