Death of a delta: Pakistan's Indus sinks and shrinks
Tuesday, 5 August 2025 () Kharo Chan, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 5, 2025
Salt crusts crackle underfoot as Habibullah Khatti walks to his mother's grave to say a final goodbye before he abandons his parched island village on Pakistan's Indus delta. Seawater intrusion into the delta, where the Indus River meets the Arabian Sea in the south of the country, has triggered the collapse of farming and fishing communities. "The saline water has surrounded us from a
Tuesday, 5 August 2025 ()
Kharo Chan, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 5, 2025