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Afghan Capital’s Air Pollution May Be Even Deadlier Than War
Yousuf fled with his family from his home in eastern Afghanistan eight years ago to escape the war, but he couldn’t escape tragedy. In the capital, Kabul, five of his children died, not from violence or bombings, but from air pollution, worsened by bitter cold and poverty. At the camp for displaced people they live in, they and other families keep warm and cook by burning the garbage that surrounds them. One by one over the years, each of the children got chest infections and other maladies from the pollution and never made it to age seven, he told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named. The 60-year-old has nine surviving children. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-11-15 |
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