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.

"There is not enough water to clean or take a shower daily and we don't have hygienic toilets," said 26-year-old Masooma Darweshi.

It's a struggle faced by parched settlements across much of the country.

Afghans are experiencing the climate crisis through water, international organisations warn, emphasising that women are particularly at risk.

Women and girls traditionally make the increasingly long trips to collect water, made more difficult since the Taliban government came to powe

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