American military creating an environmental disaster in Afghan countryside - Matthew Nasuti

The close to 200 000 U.S. soldiers deployed in Afghanistan under the Obama Administration are creating a huge contamination problem as a result of the multiple types of waste and military residue which they generate but then fail to recycle. All these materials, some of which are radioactive, are left out in the open, causing a devastating impact on the environment and incalculable long-term health hazards for the Afghan population. --- “What have the Americans done with all that waste?”

The answer is chilling in that virtually all of it appears to have been buried, burned or secretly disposed of into the air, soil, groundwater and surface waters of Afghanistan. While the Americans may begin to withdraw next year, the toxic chemicals they leave behind will continue to pollute for centuries. ....... Any abandoned radioactive waste may stain the Afghan countryside for thousands of years.

Afghanistan has been described in the past as the graveyard of foreign armies. Today, Afghanistan has a different title: “Afghanistan is the toxic dumping ground for foreign armies.”

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