Afghanistan's Rivers Could Be India's Next Weapon against Pakistan
Publisher: Foreign Policy
Author(s): Elizabeth Hessami
Date: 2018
Topics: Climate Change, Conflict Causes, Governance, Renewable Resources
Countries: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan
Most of Afghanistan is currently experiencing a 60 percent drop in the rain and snowfall needed for food production. The rapid expansion of Kabul’s population, extreme drought conditions across the country, and the specter of climate change have exacerbated the need for new water infrastructure. But building it is politically complicated; the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region is defined by its complex maze of transboundary rivers and there is no legal framework in place to avoid major conflict between the nations.