Afghanistan: 'Not a Problem but a Disaster': Afghan Canal a Test for Taliban Ties in Water-Stressed Central Asia

Apr 5, 2023 | Chris Rickleton, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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When the Taliban returned to power in 2021 in a lightning military insurrection that toppled Afghanistan’s internationally recognized government, the country immediately fell into diplomatic isolation. Two of Kabul’s neighbors to the north, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, chose a different route, putting the hard-line group’s fractious history with the former Soviet Central Asian republics aside and prioritizing engagement over criticism and pressure.