Afghanistan will teach such lessons to Pakistan and prepare to build a dam on the Kunar River as soon as possible

Kabul, October 24 (IANS). The decision to suspend the Indus Water Treaty was taken by India in response to the Pakistan-sponsored terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22. This was the biggest blow for Pakistan. Now Afghanistan is also planning to stop Pakistan’s water. Months after India canceled the Indus Water Agreement, Afghanistan announced its plans to build a dam on the Kunar River “as soon as possible”. This decision of Afghanistan may increase the unrest in Islamabad. In fact, Muhajer Farahi, deputy information minister of the Taliban, wrote in a post on X: “Amir al-Muminin, may Allah protect him, instructed them to start building dams on the Kunar River as soon as possible, enter into contracts with domestic companies and not wait for other foreign companies. ‘Afghans have the right to manage their own water,'” says Mullah Man Abdul, “LaIn the last few days there was. tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan. In such a situation, this decision of the Afghanistan government indicates that Pakistan’s water will be stopped in the future. Chitral River is also known as Kunar River in Afghanistan. It is a 480 kilometer long river that flows in the north of Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. This river originates from the Chiantar Glacier located on the border of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral in Pakistan. At Arandu it flows into Afghanistan, where it is called Kunar River. Later it joins the Kabul River in the Nanghar Province of Afghanistan. This river system is surrounded by melting glaciers and snow from the Hindu Kush mountains. This is noteworthy that Afghanistan’s foreign minister Aamir Khan Muttaki started his tour of India from October 9, which became an eyesore for Pakistan. Pakistan carried out drone strikes in Kabul on the very first day of Muttaki’s visit. Since coming to power in 2021, Kabul’s de facto rulers have emphasized the importance of water sovereignty prioritize. Keep in mind that there is no water cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to the think tank International Water Management Institute, “none of the nine rivers that flow across the border have any formal agreement or mechanism to manage shared water resources.” Pakistan has also raised concerns about Afghanistan’s water sovereignty in the past, and it seems that this issue will become more important in the coming days. will create trouble. –IANS KK/GKT Share this story Tags