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Asia’s Water Politics Near the Boiling Point
March 21st, 2017
Via Inter Press, commentary on Asia’s escalating water challenge: In Asia, it likely will not be straightforward water wars. Prolonged water scarcity might lead to security situations that are more nuanced, giving rise to a complex set of cascading but unpredictable consequences, with communities and nations reacting in ways that we have not seen in […]
Read more »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 »The Parched Tiger: India Fast Tracks Hydro Projects In Disputed Kashmir
March 15th, 2017
Via Newsweek, a report on recent actions by India to fast track hydropower projects in Kashmir: India has fast-tracked hydropower projects worth $15 billion in Kashmir in recent months, three federal and state officials said, ignoring warnings from Islamabad that power stations on rivers flowing into Pakistan will disrupt water supplies. The swift approval of […]
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 […]
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