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Kabul Residents Queue for Hours for Water as Afghan Capital Runs Dry
July 23rd, 2023
Via The National News, an article on Afghanistan’s growing drought crisis: In Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, 14-year-old Hussain has only one job and it takes all day. To fetch a few precious gallons of water, using a wheelbarrow, he takes a 15-minute walk to the nearest water point and queues for up to 14 hours. “One day […]
Read more »Water Crisis Looming: Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan’s Imperative for The Grand Afghan Canal
July 22nd, 2023
Via the Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR), analysis of the water crisis looking between Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan: In March 2022, the self-proclaimed Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan set in motion an ambitious plan for the Qosh Tepa irrigation canal, a potential lifeline for drought-ridden Afghanistan. However, its construction casts a looming shadow over Uzbekistan […]
Read more »Kabul Faces Water Crisis Amid Prolonged Drought, Climate Change
July 16th, 2023
Via the Frontier Post, another article on Kabul’s water crisis: In the midst of a prolonged drought attributed to climate change, Kabul city is experiencing an acute water shortage, leaving residents grappling with dire consequences. With temperatures soaring up to 35°C, the situation has escalated drastically since April, pushing the city’s six million residents to […]
Read more »Kabul Residents Struggle with Lack of Water
July 13th, 2023
Via The Frontier Post, a report on Afghanistan’s water crisis: Residents of the capital are concerned about the lack of drinking water in Kabul these days. They said that they do not have access to city water supply services and the price of the drinking water from private companies has also increased. “People’s problems are […]
Read more »The Taliban’s New Canal Threatens Water Security in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
July 6th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, commentary on how the Taliban’s rush to complete the Qosh Tepa canal is placing Central Asia’s water security at risk: On March 30, 2022, Taliban Deputy Prime Minister Mulla Abdul Ghani Baradar launched the construction of the Qosh Tepa canal, which will divert significant amount of water from the Amu Darya – a […]
Read more »Iran and Afghanistan Clash over Helmand Water
July 6th, 2023
Via the Central Asia Caucasus Analyst, commentary on recent tensions between Iran and Afghanistan over Helmand River water: Recent violent clashes between Iranian and Taliban border guards brought to the fore the festering dispute over the sharing of the waters of the transboundary Helmand River. The clashes occurred amid an escalation of tensions and led […]
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