The Times of India, reported by New Delhi Television on October 24, Afghanistan plans to build a dam on the Kunar River, which flows through Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mullah Abdul Latif, the acting Minister of Water and Energy of Afghanistan, posted on the social media platform "X" that the project was ordered by the supreme leader of the Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada, and the construction will be led by local companies. The Afghan Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the dam will be used to restrict the amount of water flowing into Pakistan. The Kunar River is about 480 kilometers long, originates in the Hindu Kush Mountains in the Pakistani side of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, flows through Afghanistan's Kunar Province and Nangarhar Province, joins the Kabul River and then flows into Pakistan, finally into the Indus River, and is an important source of water for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Unlike the Indus Waters Treaty, the utilization of the Kunar River's water resources lacks existing treaty constraints. Since taking power, the Taliban regime has vigorously developed water conservancy projects to ensure food security. Among them, the Qosh Tepa Canal being built in northern Afghanistan has already exacerbated water resource disputes with countries such as Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, while India is an important aid provider for Afghanistan's water conservancy projects.
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