The environmental history of Afghanistan

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Depleted Uranium Toxicity in Afghanistan
By Richard S. Ehrlich, Laissez Faire City Times, 29 October 2001. American warplanes are attacking Afghanistan with depleted uranium weapons which could poison combatants and civilians, especially children. The possibility of radioactive dust storms sweeping across Afghanistan and polluting rivers has sparked fears in Pakistan.
Cluster Bomblets Litter Afghanistan
Human Rights Watch, 16 November 2001. Nearly 5,000 unexploded and highly volatile cluster bomblets may be littered across areas of Afghanistan that were targeted by U.S. warplanes. These unexploded bomblets have in effect become antipersonnel landmines that will pose an extreme hazard to civilians for years to come.
24,000 Unexploded Bomblets
DAWN, 22 December 2001. An estimated 24,000 unexploded bomblets are lying on Afghan soil, posing a deadly hazard to civilians and children in particular. Some 10 per cent of the sub-munitions dropped in cluster bombs by the US during its campaign in Afghanistan had failed to explode.