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Labourers on the hills of Bagrami, on the outskirts of Kabul, dig trenches to help improve the city's water supply, Kabul, Afghanistan, June 6, 2020. | Thomson Reuters Foundation/Shadi Khan Saif

Labourers on the hills of Bagrami, on the outskirts of Kabul, dig trenches to help improve the city's water supply, Kabul, Afghanistan, June 6, 2020. | Thomson Reuters Foundation/Shadi Khan Saif

Afghanistan Hires Lockdown Jobless to Boost Kabul's Water and Trees

The government aims to tackle both the economic fallout from COVID-19 and the capital's shrinking water supply.