Steps towards an Afghanistan-Pakistan water-sharing agreement
Negotiations between Afghanistan and Pakistan to share the international watercourses in the Kabul Basin will involve complex networks of natural, societal and political systems. The natural systems are strongly influenced by climate change; societal interests include an economy based on agriculture; and the region in both states is subject to turmoil and insecurity. Given these complexities, the recent joint announcement by the finance ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan of plans to construct a hydropower project on the Kunar River is a significant step. However, much work remains to jointly develop and manage the waters in the Kabul Basin.
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2014
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Authors: | Vick, Margaret J. |
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International Journal of Water Resources Development. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 0790-0627. - Vol. 30.2014, 2, p. 224-229
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