Women Bear Brunt Of Afghanistan's Water Scarcity

Women and girls traditionally make the long trips to collect water, made more difficult since the Taliban government came to power (Credit: AFP)

In a remote Afghan village, women strap yellow plastic jerry cans to donkeys and travel every day down a dusty canyon to collect as much water as they can.

The containers hold barely enough for drinking, let alone for the hygiene needs of the roughly 30 people living in Qavriyak, central Bamiyan province.