View of Kabul, Afghanistan

Kabul is one of 34 Provinces (states) in Afghanistan as well as its largest and capital city. Estimates say population is now over 3,000,000 people, urban sprawl out of control. City planning is apprarently non-existent. After some thought, I realize this is a most logical phenomenon given:

• The country has been at war for over 30 years and most of the fighting occurs in the rural areas.
• Kabul has offered a more secure environment for many years now. Of course that's a relative concept here.
• Jobs, even menial jobs are available. And, given the Afghan sense of generosity, panhandling is considered an income source here.
• Schools, universities, medical care, television, housing, electricity (intermittent), and even the internet exist

Whether in America or anywhere else in the world, we all want better for our children. Kabul offers opportunities for families, so they continue to come. I'm just not sure how much more this city can absord. Listening to my Afghan friends/colleagues, the immediate concern right now is draught which they believe will prove devastating in the very near future. Already, air tests show that 27% of the air content is fecal matter... my sinuses can validate that statistic.