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Post bin Laden, Working Toward Afghanistan’s Water Security

by Benjamin Preston | 5.11.2011 at 2:50pm

Osama bin Laden is history, but decades of war and civil strife pose challenges to Afghanistan’s water infrastructure.

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Category> Water   Tags> Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Asia, Climate and Agriculture, climate change, Developing Countries, Groundwater, US Army, USGS, water matters, Water Scarcity

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