Afghanistan: How Climate Change is a 'Death Sentence' in Afghanistan's Highlands

Aug 28, 2017 | Sune Engel Rasmussen, Guardian
View Original

The central highlands of Afghanistan are a world away from the congested chaos of the country’s cities. Hills roll across colossal, uninhabited spaces fringed by snow-flecked mountains, set against blistering blue skies. Things are about to get tougher. The precariousness of life in Bamiyan, one of Afghanistan’s poorest provinces, leaves villages like Borghason at the mercy of climate change.