A lack of drinking water is a challenge facing Kabul residents, and some residents of Bala Koh of Bagrami district say they have to walk a long way to obtain it.    

Momena is one such woman who lacks drinking water close to her house. 

"It has been three years that we brought water from there, and water is so scarce there sometimes, my children are old and cannot bring water for us--that is not time for work, that is their time to study,” said Momena, a Kabul resident. 

There are 500 families living in the area and they say because of economic challenges they cannot buy water every time and cannot move to another place. 

According to elders, most people leave this region for lack of water. 

“Private companies don’t give us water so there is one water well ... most people leave this region,” said Ibrahim Alamdad, community leader. 

Officials of the Red Crescent Society acknowledge the lack of water in the region and say they have a plan to solve it.

“It comes from Panjshir or other areas where rivers come and we can put some purification machines there and transfer the water to Kabul, and we have a plan for that,” said Mohammad Nasim Ahmadi, head of inspection for the Afghanistan Red Crescent Society. 

Previously, water resources management experts in Afghanistan said groundwater dropped this year more than the previous year.