Roshan Noorzai Zheela Noori VOA News June 2, 2023 WASHINGTON — After weeks of tensions over water rights to the Helmand River that escalated to a deadly clash last week, Iran says it has made progress in negotiations with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers over the shared waterway. On Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told Iranian
8am: The question here is whether the current conflict over Hirmand water is serious? And do the threats from Iranian officials and lower-ranking Taliban fighters signal the seriousness of the conflict? – The answer to the two questions above is “no.” Engaging in a military conflict is not beneficial for either Iran or the Taliban.
Khaama: Zalmay Khalilzad, the former US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, said on Wednesday that Iranian leaders must not threaten Afghanistan over water rights. Khalilzad said on Twitter, “Taliban authorities are being surprisingly restrained and statesmanlike over the issue. They acknowledged the treaty while arguing that the lower amount of water is due to drought
Tolo News: The acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amir Khan Muttaqi, referring to recent tensions over water between Kabul and Tehran, said that the recent droughts should not be ignored, and Kabul expects the Iranian officials to make their demands based on the treaty. Addressing a ceremony on the 7th anniversary of the death of
Khaama: On Friday, Kazemi Qomi, the Iranian ambassador to Kabul, issued a fresh warning to the Taliban, urging them to get water rights as soon as possible. Qomi said in a TV interview that Iran would act if it were proven that the Helmand River had sufficient water and Kabul refused to grant the neighbouring
Press TV May 17, 2023 By Press TV Staff Writer Iran and Afghanistan, two neighboring South Asian countries, have no major territorial disputes, but a festering disagreement over the allocation of shared water resources has plagued their relations for two centuries. Recently, the problem has become even more pronounced amid long spells of drought in southeastern Iran,
Khaama: Iran and Afghanistan signed a water-sharing agreement on the Helmand River in 1973; Afghanistan would provide Iran with 22 cubic meters of water per second with the option to purchase an additional four cubic meters per second for “goodwill and brotherly relations.” according to the document. While this happened, Iranian officials claimed that the
MEMO: Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said on Monday that he discussed the dispute with his Afghan counterpart, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in Uzbekistan. The top diplomat tweeted that he “emphasised in detail” the issue of Iran’s claim on the Helmand River. The Afghan side, he added, “also emphasised its commitment to Iran’s water rights” and both
By Chris Rickleton Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 5, 2023 When the Taliban returned to power in 2021 in a lightning military insurrection that toppled Afghanistan’s internationally recognized government, the country immediately fell into diplomatic isolation. Two of Kabul’s neighbors to the north, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, chose a different route, putting the hard-line group’s fractious history
8am: On Tuesday, March 7, Uzbekistan’s media reported that the delegation would visit Afghanistan. According to the report, Uzbekistan’s government is concerned about the decrease in water available for the country’s farmers due to the continued excavation of the Qush Tepa canal by the Taliban. Taliban had previously said that they were willing to negotiate