Kabul: Pakistan faces a new water challenge as Afghanistan has announced plans to build a dam on the Kunar River, a key tributary of the Kabul River that flows into Pakistan. The move comes shortly after India tightened control over parts of the Indus River system, deepening Islamabad’s growing concerns over water security.

The order to begin construction was issued by Afghanistan’s Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, directing the Ministry of Water and Energy to launch the project immediately and to rely on Afghan construction firms. The initiative is part of the Taliban government’s wider strategy to strengthen national self-sufficiency in energy and agriculture by better managing the country’s water resources.

The Kunar River rises in the Hindu Kush mountains, flows through easter

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