Afghanistan is rapidly constructing the Qosh Tepa Canal, a waterway meant to help irrigate more than 500,000 hectares of its arid northern regions, for which it will redirect 20–30% of the Amu ...

While the canal project is a source of promise, it faces many challenges, not the least of which is unease in Central Asia about water security.

A spill from the Qosh Tepa Canal in Afghanistan has raised concerns about the quality of construction and potential environmental impacts. Central Asian states neighboring Afghanistan have ...

The Qosh Tepa canal issue essentially forces the Central Asian nations in the Amu Darya basin to make tradeoffs between regional instability and internal instability.

The Qosh Tepa canal project in Afghanistan aims to provide irrigation to 550,000 hectares of farmland but has raised alarm in neighboring Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan due to potential water shortages.

The Qosh Tepa canal symbolizes a critical turning point for communities that have suffered through years of drought, conflict, and environmental degradation.

Kabul’s hope for Qosh Tepa is that once complete, the 285-kilometer canal will be used to provide irrigation to 550,000 hectares of now-arid farmland. In perhaps the strongest high-level demonstration ...

Qosh Tepa Canal and the future of Taliban-Central Asia Relations Despite criticism and pressure, neighboring Central Asian countries, except for Tajikistan, maintained cordial ties with Taliban ...

Afghanistan is rapidly constructing the Qosh Tepa Canal, a waterway meant to help irrigate more than 500,000 hectares of its arid northern regions, for which it will redirect 20–30% of the Amu Darya ...

Afghanistan is rapidly constructing the Qosh Tepa Canal, a waterway meant to help irrigate more than 500,000 hectares of its arid northern regions, for which it will redirect 20–30% of the Amu ...