Afghanistan
How Climate Change Drives Conflict and War Crimes Around the Globe
This story has been updated. Drought, flooding and extreme weather are driving and amplifying violent conflict around the world. At the same time, warfare has devastated ecosystems, imperiled access to vital resources and left behind toxic legacies that sicken civilian populations. On Thursday, a coalition of human rights organizations and lawyers published an open letter […]
Read MoreQ&A: America’s 20-Year War in Afghanistan Is Over, but Some of the U.S. Military’s Waste May Last Forever
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Managing Producer Jenni Doering with freelance journalist Lynzy Billing. JENNI DOERING: The war in Afghanistan was the longest the U.S. military has engaged in with the last of American troops withdrawing in 2021. Over twenty years, the U.S. military dropped […]
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