Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is planning to build dams and restrict water to Pakistan, according to the Afghan Information Ministry. The order to build a dam on the River Kunar "as fast as possible" came ...

The development comes days after intense border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan led to several casualties on both sides. A ceasefire was later brokered between the two neighbours in Doha with ...

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The proposed dam on the Kunar River, a crucial water source for Pakistan, lacks a bilateral water-sharing agreement between the two nations. Pakistani officials have expressed strong opposition to the ...

Being bound by geography, rivers, and fate, Pakistan and Afghanistan's cooperation on water is a necessity for peace ...

“Pakistan’s opposition to dam building on the Kunar River and its tributaries is due to political rather than technical reasons.” ...