: ‘If the water disappears, we’ll have to go too’: Drought pushes crisis-hit Afghans to the brink #IndiaNEWS Having lost his job as a police trainer after the Taliban takeover last August, Hussain

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‘If the water disappears, we’ll have to go too’: Drought pushes crisis-hit Afghans to the brink #IndiaNEWS
Having lost his job as a police trainer after the Taliban takeover last August, Hussain Ali moved back to his village in Afghanistan’s central highlands with the intention of farming once more to provide for his family.Yet Ali’s despair deepened when he returned home to find a village hit so badly by drought that not only his relatives but the entire community were contemplating migrating elsewhere.During the five years that the 37-year-old had been away, a well and a stream had dried up, ruining harvests and, ultimately, the father-of-three’s hopes of growing crops again.“For the past year, I’ve been watching our trees here slowly die,� Ali said, standing next to the area’s last remaining water source, a natural stream near the village of 40 homes.He asked to withhold the name of the village in Bamyan province for fear of retribution from the Taliban.“We used to be able to harvest at least twice annually, but this year, we’re going to harvest early,� Ali added. “There’s not enough water for the crops to fully grow.�The plight of Ali’s community is far from unique across the country. Afghanistan is one of the world’s most vulnerable nations to climate change, and among the least equipped to deal with it, according...Read more

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