Afghans Feel Ill Effects of Rising Air Pollution

Morning Edition, January 15, 2009 · Air pollution in the Afghan capital of Kabul is so serious that President Hamid Karzai has declared a state of emergency.

Experts say Kabul is rapidly becoming one of the world's worst cities for air pollution, and nowhere is it more polluted than in a neighborhood near the presidential compound.
Afghans Feel Ill Effects of Rising Air Pollution

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