The Ministry of Energy and Water will invest $450 million in a key dam project in Arghandab district in Kandahar province, officials said on Friday. Building irrigation canals and networks as well as increasing the capacity of Kandahar’s Dahla Dam basins are parts of the projects. The ministry has started work on...Read more

Years of conflict coupled with an arid landscape have left residents of Kabul, Afghanistan, facing immense water shortages. The capital city, which lies in the Kabul River Basin, is no stranger to water scarcity. Between the 1960s and early 2000s, groundwater levels fell by 6-7 meters in several parts of...Read more

Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah who attended an international water management summit in Tajikistan on Wednesday said Afghanistan will remain a good partner in terms of water management but warned that climate change will take a serious toll on Afghanistan by 2050. Abdullah said Afghanistan’s average temperature will increase considerably over the...Read more

The Hamouns are transboundary wetlands on the Iran-Afghan border made up of three lakes: Hamoun-e Helmand, which is entirely in Iran, Hamoun-e Sabari on the border, and Hamoun-e Puzak, almost entirely inside Afghanistan. The three lakes are linked and fed by water from the Helmand River which starts in the...Read more

The Indus River Basin is shared by four countries: Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and China. The water sector in this region faces certain challenges including the depletion of natural resources and inefficient use of water. The region’s current population is 237 million and is estimated to increase to 319 million by...Read more

Only a couple of years ago, a summit of the five Central Asia countries would have been absolutely unthinkable. But the leaders came together on Thursday (15 March) and decided to hold such meetings annually, always at the same time of the year, which is a major holiday in the...Read more

A Turkish company will invest $114 million USD to extend the second phase of Kajaki Dam in Helmand province based on a memorandum of understanding signed between the Afghan Ministry of Finance and the Turkish company on Tuesday. The project will be completed within the next two and a half years. Finance...Read more

On November 15, 2017, Duran Research & Analysis organized the first scientific National Conference on Afghanistan Waters in Kabul. Read news coverage of the event here. The conference participants included representatives of Afghanistan’s premier academic institutions, universities, research organizations on water, policymakers from government, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry...Read more

Presentation titled "A Review of the Current and Possible Future Relations in Kabul River Basin" that was presented by Mr. Idrees Malyar at the National Conference on Afghanistan's Waters held on November 15th, 2017 in Kabul. The Presentation is based on a policy paper with the same title published...Read more

The aim of this paper is to familiarize the reader with the key elements associated with transboundary rivers in Afghanistan and their implications on policy development. The paper synthesizes knowledge and different perspectives of many experts working in the area of transboundary rivers. In doing so, it attempts to advance...Read more