Kabul: Taking a leaf out of India’s rulebook, Afghanistan has now announced plans to construct dams and limit the flow of water into Pakistan. This was announced by the country’s Information Ministry.

Afghanistan’s supreme leader Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada has issued a directive to expedite dam construction on the River Kunar. This declaration of the country’s “right to water” comes weeks after violent clashes along the Afghan-Pakistan border that resulted in several deaths. ADVERTISEMENT

After the April 22 Pahalgam terror strike, India put the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan on hold. Suspension of this treaty threatens to severely impact Pakistan’s agricultural production.

The Afghan Ministry of Water and Energy has said that Akhundzada instructed it to begin dam constructi

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