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Afghanistan: Building Asia’s Largest Artificial River In The Desert?
August 8th, 2023
Via The Impossible Build, a video look at Afghanistan’s planned water mega project: Afghanistan is trying to tackle it’s water problem by building Asia’s largest artificial river in the desert. This gigantic mega project is already under and costs a staggering $500 million dollars. Why is Afghanistan trying to build this giant artificial river mega […]
Read more »Who Will Solve The Water Conflict Between Iran And Afghanistan?
August 2nd, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the Iran / Afghanistan water conflict: In late May, shots were exchanged by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the Taliban near a border post in Iran’s Southwest Nimroz province. Each side blamed the other for starting the gunfight that killed two Iranians and an Afghan. The situation was de-escalated, but it […]
Read more »The Water Wars Coming to Central Asia
July 31st, 2023
Via Foreign Policy, a report on rising water tensions in Central Asia where the situation has been bad for decades, but the Taliban threaten to make them worse: In Turkmenistan, household faucets are running dry and locusts are devouring crops. In Kazakhstan, a state of emergency has been declared as the Caspian Sea shrinks to […]
Read more »Iran Says Talks Over Helmand Water Rights Yielded Positive Results
July 31st, 2023
Via Ariana News, a report on the Afghan/Iran water tensions: Iran’s Vice President for Legal Affairs Mohammad Dehqan has said that negotiations with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) over the Helmand water rights have yielded positive results. Dehqan said in an interview with Shafaqna that his office had presented legal and expert reports over […]
Read more »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 […]
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