How climate change helped strengthen the Taliban

Cbsnews ^ | 08/20/2021 | Cara Korte

[ChicagoConservative27]

Rural Afghanistan has been rocked by climate change. The past three decades have brought floods and drought that have destroyed crops and left people hungry. And the Taliban — likely without knowing climate change was the cause — has taken advantage of that pain.

While agriculture is a source of income for more than 60% of Afghans, more than 80% of conflicts in the country are linked to natural resources, according to a joint study by the World Food Programme, the United Nations Environment Program and Afghanistan's National Environmental Protection Agency. In 2019, Afghanistan ranked sixth in the world for countries most impacted by climate change, according to the Germanwatch Global Climate Risk Index.

[ChicagoConservative27]

You have got to be kidding me with this demented crap.

[cgbg]

This is truly creative “journalism”—it is amazing what a bit of LSD can do...

[cgbg]

Next they are going to blame a shortage of vaxxes.

[madison10]

What a pile of cow dung!

[dfwgator]

I was wondering how long it would take.

[kiryandil]

[norcal joe]

Of course it’s because of climate change, and don’t forget white supremacy.

What a load of sh!t.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

To the author:

[ConservativeInPA]

Maybe it had to do with our military focusing on climate change instead of killing and breaking things in Afghanistan.

These people are are eff'n twisted and hideously stupid. They should be forced to look directly at the Sun to understand what affects our climate most. Burn their eff'n eyes out. It is a matter of national security.

[Fledermaus]

I mean Really?

[WMarshal]

The Pravda Press is evil.

[zek157]

What rocked Afghanistan agriculture is the Soviets destruction of the ancient underground Karez irrigation systems that brought water from the mountains. Afghanistan is extremely dry. 1st year I was there it didn’t rain from late March to October.

Read they now farmed something like 20-30% of the land under agriculture in the 70s.

Ignorant people writing this propaganda.

[Mr. K]

Climate change gave me whiter teeth, and fresher breath!

[Libloather]

They also wear this when it's 90 degrees. The only thing 'strengthened' is the deodorant market.

[alternatives?]

At least they are not blaming the unvaccinated.

[FirstFlaBn]

The country is famous for its pomegranates, pine nuts, raisins and more.

Let me see, what could they mean by 'more'?

How about poppies?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

What is most shocking isn't that someone made this sh** up. It's that someone actually published it. That is the insanity.

When we were youngsters in school, there were always a couple of a**kissers sucking up to the teacher. When these punks grew up, they became "climate change specialists". why? Because that was the most kissy arse occupation they could find.

[NWFree]

The climate change hoax helped the Talibiden by empowering libtards who put President Retard in charge.

[mykroar]

I have to give them credit, that’s some great fiction writing passing as news.

[DMD13]

HAHAHAHAHAHA ROTFLMAO!