Q&A: America’s 20-Year War in Afghanistan Is Over, but Some of the U.S. Military’s Waste May Last Forever

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Pentagon regulations prohibit the military from cleaning up its bases once they have been vacated overseas. Journalist Lynzy Billing spent months in Afghanistan interviewing Afghans who lived and worked near three vast American installations about the war’s environmental devastation.

Interview by Jenni Doering, “Living on Earth”

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Managing Producer Jenni Doering with freelance journalist Lynzy Billing. 

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