The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that women and children are shouldering the heavy burden of water shortages.
OCHA wrote on its X page on Tuesday, June 30, that women and children spend long hours fetching water for their households.
The international organization said that in the village of “Baghlak Sofla” in Yakawlang District, Bamyan province, women and children gather around the only available well to collect water for their families.
Afghanistan is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change and prolonged droughts, and Kabul, the capital, as well as many other provinces, is facing severe water shortages.
