Afghanistan/Pakistan: Serious Water Wars Gathering Soot in Foreign Ministry

Aug 15, 2015 | Zeeshan Javaid, Pakistan Observer
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Lack of communication between foreign office and ministry for water and power seemed to have put Pakistan and Afghanistan into uncertainty over the trans-border water issue involving Kabul River Basin in the backdrop of emerging water shortage. Available documents in this regard reveal that government of Afghanistan continued to build multi-purpose water projects on the tributaries of the Kabul River with assistance from the international community. India has been assisting Afghanistan in this move, which will adversely impact Pakistan. The documents also show that the World Bank had pledged funding for 12 dams in Afghanistan dams that will cost $7.079 billion.