Afghanistan is building a 285-kilometre waterway at an accelerated pace to irrigate its drought-ridden northern regions.

KABUL, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Afghan authorities officially inaugurated a major water supply network in south Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Thursday, a local official reported Friday.

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Afghan authorities have inaugurated a major water supply network in south Afghanistan''s Kandahar province to address water shortages, a local official confirmed today.

However, water shortages will test the patience of Afghanistan’s neighbors. There is simply not enough water to go around, and the Taliban will use their position upriver to protect their interests.

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The water dispute over the Helmand River "has become a completely political issue in both Afghanistan and Iran,” said Fatemeh Aman, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute.

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AQCHA, Afghanistan — The morning sun was still rising over the shriveled wheat fields, and the villagers were already worrying about another day without water. Rainwater stored in the village ...

In the 1940s and ’50s, Afghan governments constructed two major dams along the Helmand River, giving Afghanistan the power to cut off the flow of water into Iran and alarming Iranian officials ...