Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is planning to build dams and restrict water to Pakistan, according to the Afghan Information Ministry. The order to build a dam on the River Kunar "as fast as possible" came from Taliban Supreme Leader Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada. This public assertion about the "right to water" came just weeks after Afghanistan and Pakistan fought a war that left hundreds dead.

Afghanistan's decision follows India's decision of water-sharing with Pakistan. India kept the Indus Waters Treaty, under which it shared water of three western rivers, in abeyance after Pakistani and Pakistan-backed terrorists killed 26 civilians in Pahalgam on April 22.

The Afghan Ministry of Water and Energy said that Supreme Leader Akhundzada had instructed the ministry to begin construction of da

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