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Iran-Taliban Water Conflict

Iran and Afghanistan are locked in a long-standing dispute over the sharing of water from the Helmand River. Clashes broke out recently along the border.

3 Jun 2023

Context:  

Iran and Afghanistan are locked in a long-standing dispute over the sharing of water from the Helmand River. Clashes broke out recently along the border.

Conflict: 

  • The clash came amid an escalating dispute between Kabul and Tehran over the Helmand River, which is a vital source of water for both sides, supporting agriculture, livelihoods and ecosystems in the region.
  • Afghanistan and Iran have been at loggerheads over the sharing of river water for over a century.
  • Afghanistan and Iran signed an agreement — the Helmand River Treaty in 1973 to regulate the allocation of river water.
  • But the accord was neither ratified nor fully implemented, causing disagreements and tensions to persist.
Helmand river

  • The Helmand is Afghanistan’s longest river. 
  • It originates near Kabul in the western Hindu Kush mountain range and flows in a southwesterly direction through desert areas for a total of about 1,150 kilometers (715 miles) before emptying into Lake Hamun, which straddles the Afghanistan-Iran border.

Lake Hamun 

  • It is the largest freshwater lake in Iran.
  • It used to be one of the world’s largest wetlands, straddling 4,000 square kilometers (1,600 square miles) between Iran and Afghanistan, fed by the Helmand.

News Source: Indian Express

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