CBS News mocked for report claiming 'climate change helped strengthen the Taliban'
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CBS News raised eyebrows on Friday for a report that claimed climate change had helped strengthen the Taliban, which has now taken over Afghanistan and trapped thousands of Americans behind enemy lines.
In the report titled "How climate change helped strengthen the Taliban," CBS News' climate and energy reporter Cara Korte highlighted that "rural Afghanistan" has been "rocked by climate change," and said the Taliban has "taken advantage" of those who have suffered from floods and droughts that have destroyed their crops and left them hungry.
The report also said that snow and glaciers in the north mountains "have melted more quickly and earlier than ever before," leading to flooding and droughts in the winter while "heavy precipitation" has increased in the south and west "by 10 to 25% over the past 30 years."
