Afghanistan/Iran: Iran, Afghanistan to Address Hirmand Border Issue

Oct 8, 2016 | Mehr News Agency
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The pressing issue of current situation between Iran and Afghanistan is environmental disaster underway in Iranian side of the border where different governments of Afghanistan glossed over the fact that they had not been allowing Iranian side of the Hirmand River, which had since long passed the border and irrigated Iranian lands. Iranian side of the border now experiences environmental disaster, with underground waters dwindling increasingly, thus rendering the region virtually inhospitable for the locals.