In countries like Afghanistan, where 80% of the population lives on what they grow and many communities live far from any water source, environmental damage can be both economically devastating and politically momentous. That lesson should have been absorbed and understood, not least by American strategists, long before the Taliban’s fall.
阿富汗国内80%人口以种植业为生，许多村落居住在远离水源之处，在这样一个国家里，环境的危害不仅会造成经济恶化，也会给政治带来严重影响。在塔利班垮台以前，人们就应该吸取并记住这个教训，尤其是美国的战略家。