由气候变化和冲突驱动的喀布尔水危机有可能使喀布尔成为到2030年第一个缺水的现代首都。 Kabul’s water crisis, driven by climate change and conflict, threatens to make the city the first modern capital to run out of water by 2030.

喀布尔的水危机因气候变化和冲突而加剧,迫使像八岁双胞胎这样的儿童辍学,花上几个小时拖水,井干涸,基础设施失灵。 Kabul’s water crisis, worsened by climate change and conflict, has forced children like eight-year-old twins to abandon school and spend hours hauling water, as wells dry up and infrastructure fails. 由于人口超过600万,雪熔不断减少,家庭现在依靠昂贵的油罐车或在公用自来水龙头排长队,贫困家庭花在水上的收入高达收入的30%。 With over six million people and dwindling snowmelt, families now rely on expensive tankers or long queues at communal taps, with poor households spending up to 30% of income on water. 专家警告喀布尔的地下水可能会在2030年之前消失, Experts warn Kabul’s groundwater could vanish by 2030, risking the city becoming the first modern capital to run out of water within years.