Pakistan’s first ever National Water Policy was approved by the Council of Common Interest last week. Very few issues in the country are as important or as contentious as water scarcity and that was witnessed in the lead up to the approval of the policy as officials in Islamabad and...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

Afghanistan Transboundary Waters: Perspectives on International Law and Development Volume: 01 | Issue: 01 | 2017 Afghanistan, an upper riparian country, is located at the center of the region’s largest renewable sources of fresh waters, making the habitat of the people of this country quite well resourced in terms of access to fresh...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

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 report synthesizes knowledge and different perspectives of many experts working in the area of Transboundary Rivers. In doing so, it attempts to advance...Read more

Water is absolutely critical to woefully arid Afghanistan, yet few people really know very much about their precious fluid.  The natural physics and the different chemistry of water is complicated but well understood by scientists. Other aspects of the use of water resources are yet to be explained...Read more

There is no other substance that we know of that is as powerful and magical as water for humans. Water makes up about 70% of our body weight and is essential to our health. Physically, we humans need about 5-8 liters of water a day (consumed as water or through...Read more

The Kabul River Basin, which accounts for 35% of the country’s population, is the most important river basin of Afghanistan [I]. Kabul is the fifth fastest growing city in the world and among the world’s most water-stressed cities [II, III]. Its population in mid-2014 was estimated at 4.5 million and...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