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Afghanistan: Why Leveraging Kabul’s Food and Water Security Situation Must be Earned, not Expected
March 21st, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a report on Afghanistan’s food and water security situation: Key Points Corruption, property rights and climate change are three challenges that contribute to Afghanistan’s food and water woes out to 2030. Afghanistan’s food and water security situation is bleak because Kabul must rebuild a “failed state” as well as address newer […]
Read more »Water Management In Afghanistan
March 5th, 2017
Via Ariana News, a report on water management in Afghanistan: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in the 4th National conference “ Water and Sustainable Development” held in Presidential palace declared water as one of the key important sources for development of Afghanistan and insisted on comprehensive management of Water, saying well management of water will decrease poverty […]
Read more »Afghanistan’s Water-Sharing Puzzle
March 2nd, 2017
Via Third Pole, an interesting look at the long conflict between Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran over scarce water resources: Pakistan and Iran have always had historical claims over the water resources of Afghanistan. These claims have always been rejected by Afghanistan. The chaotic politics of water between Afghanistan and its neighbours has a long history, […]
Read more »Afghanistan-Pakistan Treaty on the Kabul River Basin?
March 2nd, 2017
Courtesy of The Third Pole, an article on how, while both Pakistan and Afghanistan would benefit from a treaty to manage the Kabul river basin, deep mistrust, scaremongering, and a lack of preparation is damaging the chances: The Kabul river flowing past Jalalabad Pakistani officials and experts have, time and again, suggested the negotiation of […]
Read more »Afghan Capital’s Thirsty Residents Dig Deep To Combat Drought, Overuse
March 2nd, 2017
Courtesy of Reuters, a report on Kabul’s water crisis: A growing population is straining water supplies in Afghanistan’s capital, forcing those who can afford it to dig unregulated wells ever deeper to tap a falling water table. Finding water in arid Afghanistan is virtually always a challenge, but a drop in the groundwater level in […]
Read more »Can China Solve Central Asia’s Impending Water Crisis?
February 2nd, 2017
Via The National Interest, a report on the potential opportunity for China to take the lead in mediating water disputes among Central Asian countries: China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative has become a major foreign policy priority. The land-based Silk Road Economic Belt aims to expand China’s economic connections and political influence across much of […]
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