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Afghanistan battles climate change amid foreign aid cutoff

Afghanistan battles climate change amid foreign aid cutoff

The Taliban are tackling climate change independently while debating its origins as divine will or a foreign plot.

Rick Noack reports for The Washington Post.

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Trove of EV metals in Afghanistan may boost Taliban and Chinese partners

Afghanistan may have the world’s largest lithium reserves. Chinese entrepreneurs are eager to help the country’s Taliban rulers exploit them.
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Confronting climate change — and the Taliban — in Afghanistan

Amid a severe drought, Afghan scientists are asking the international community to engage with the brutal regime.
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Oxfam International says hunger rising in world’s climate hotspots

Oxfam International says hunger rising in world’s climate hotspots

A new report from Oxfam International links climate change to rising hunger in vulnerable countries such as Afghanistan, Kenya, Somalia and Zimbabwe.
In Afghanistan, droughts drive child marriages

In Afghanistan, droughts drive child marriages

Reports suggest a spike in such marriages, spurred in part by the effects of climate change on the agrarian country.
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