Reuters, 30 September 2025
In a correspondent’s report from Kabul about the water access situation in Afghanistan, a recent AAN report by Mohammad Assem Mayar is quoted:
The Afghanistan Analysts Network, an independent Kabul-based research group, in a report this month warned the city’s groundwater could run out by 2030, with other Afghan cities also running dry. The crisis is deepening inequality, as poor families spend up to 30% of their income on tanker water while the wealthy dig ever-deeper private wells.
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This article was last updated on 30 Sep 2025
