To the ears of Americans, “peace” may sound a bit wispy or abstract – but here it’s a hope-laced word for a lifeline that continues to fray. Thirty years of war have decimated Kabul and much of the rest of Afghanistan.
From the air, loo…king out on a vast panorama of sandy-colored mountains and valleys near Kabul, I wondered: Where are the trees?
They’re gone – destroyed by war and deprivation – victims of countless bombs and the collapse of irrigation.
At home, we push for green sustainability. Here, the streets are blowing with harsh dust, a brutal harvest of war. Full article.