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<title><![CDATA[Mazar Health Problems Legacy of Land-Grab]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[IWPR: Residents of Mazar-e-Sharif suffer ill effects of polluted environment caused by urban expansion on land seized by warlords. A decades-old land grab has left Mazar-e-Sharif and much of the rest of Balkh province with little or no open areas or green spaces. While the government tries to cope with the nearly impossible task of reclaiming the land, residents are suffering the ill effects of living in a polluted environment devoid of trees and other vegetation. Mazar-e-Sharif has been losing its open spaces for decades, ever since the 1990s free-for-all that is known as the &#8220;era of the warlords&#8221;.]]></description>
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