NIKKEI: A massive canal project in Afghanistan has alarmed the country’s neighbors over fears it will drain a river key to their agricultural economies, but the ruling Taliban is warning that it will press on at any cost. The fundamentalist Afghan regime inherited the long-stalled project after it retook control of the country two years ago. “The neighboring countries may have concerns about the canal but I don’t think any country wants to be an enemy with the Taliban,” he said. “They’re considered dangerous.” Click here to read more (external link).