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This city is on track to run out of water by 2030. For many residents, that day is already here

Prosper Global says groundwater has fallen nearly 100 feet in a decade, leaving nearly half of Kabul’s boreholes dry and many families paying up to 30% of income for water.

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By Laura Paddison, CNN and Masoud Popalzai (CNN) — Shazia knows what life will be like in a major city that’s run out of water because she’s already living that reality — and it’s unbearable. The 34-year-old lives in the Khair Khana neighborhood of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul with her three children and her husband, who

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KRDO broke the news in Colorado Springs, United States on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
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