A poignant reflection from a woman in Afghanistan:

I bear deep scars from the Taliban; I lost my job, my home, and became a refugee. Yet, nothing compares to the grief of losing my small bedroom library. Each of my over a hundred books was earned through sacrifice—skipping cafes, missing out on friendships, and forgoing countless dreams. All that I had, my written thoughts and cherished books, were taken from me by the Taliban's grim steps.

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"“It was already pretty grim. And now it’s catastrophic,”

"While decades of war means that Afghanistan faces unique challenges, it’s not the only country that has been inundated with severe rain since the start of 2024. Extreme flooding this spring has displaced nearly a quarter million people in East Africa and half a million in southern Brazil."

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“With the latest incident, Afghanistan joins a long list of Global South countries grappling with floods this year. And this is as the world continues funding the climate crisis by expanding fossil fuels and industrial agriculture.” (Teresa Anderson)

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Flash Flooding Kills More Than 300 in Climate-Vulnerable Afghanistan

The severe floods came on the heels of an extreme drought in one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations.

^{Olivia Rosane (Truthout)}