Afghanistan: “If the Water Finishes, We Will Leave”: Drought Is Forcing Hundreds of Thousands of Afghans from Their Homes [Photos]

Oct 4, 2018 | Stefanie Glinski
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The severe drought has dried up riverbeds and water sources, withered crops, and forced 250,000 people from their homes. Journalist Stefanie Glinski spent a week between Herat and Badghis – two of the hardest-hit provinces in western Afghanistan. As these images show, she found parched fields, abandoned homes, and families struggling to cope.