Alvina Bibi, a 35-year-old mother of six, lives in the village of Kili Surkhanuzai. Her days were exhausting, starting before dawn and stretching into the late hours of the night. Yet even with such ...

Before being forgotten, a 600-year-old underground water tunnel system called karez was a lifeline for a semi-arid region of ...

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TARNEK WA JALDAK, Afghanistan - Subterranean aqueducts, or karez in Persian, have provided rural Afghan villages with water for centuries in a land perpetually challenged with poor resources. In many ...

In an arid country like Pakistan, water in the form of rivers, glaciers and groundwater is life – it is what gives us sustenance. When there is too little, we have droughts, and when there is too much ...

Karez, a gravity-fed irrigation system in the Pashtun belt of Balochistan, is the backbone of the social and economic system of the area. A survey report suggests, there are around 1150 karezes in ...

Not war but drought has forced more than 100,000 people in northern Iraq to abandon their homes since 2005, with 36,000 more on the verge of leaving, UNESCO said Tuesday. The four-year drought and ...

Qasabeh ‘qanat’ (karez) underground water system is located in Gonabad, Southern Khorasan Province. It is among the wonders of the history of civilization. It is one of the deepest wills ever to be ...

Tahir Tomur steps out of his car and looks in astonishment at the side of a dusty street, where a hole the size of a large sewer grate has been piled full of dirt and refuse. "Oh my God, they've ...

Photo taken on March 11, 2023 shows an outlet of the local system of ancient Karez wells in Turpan, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua] URUMQI -- A constant theme ...