Water tension and verbal dispute between Iranian and Taliban officials
According to the 1972 treaty, Afghanistan must annually provide Iran with 850 million cubic meters of water from the Helmand River, but the country’s non-compliance with this agreement over the decades, especially in recent years, has become one of the serious challenges between the two countries.
Taliban officials have claimed that due to the low amount of water, even if the dam is opened, the water will not reach Iran.
Hossein Delirian, head of the Iranian Space Agency, announced on Thursday that the agency’s monitoring shows that the Afghan government has diverted the water route in some areas and created multiple dams to prevent the Helmand water from reaching Iran.
Kaveh Madani, a renowned water researcher, also tweeted that currently, the volume of stored water in both Kamal Khan and Kajaki dams is more than last year.
Following the withholding of Iran’s water rights from the Helmand River, Ebrahim Raisi warned the Afghan rulers on Thursday, August 19th, while the Taliban accused the officials of the Islamic Republic of being unaware of the river’s situation.
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