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Helmand River Dispute
June 7 , 2023
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- Afghanistan and Iran have a dispute over the Helmand River.
- It is a critical source of drinking water, irrigation and fishing for both countries.
- While the two countries signed a treaty on sharing water resources in 1973.
- But it was never ratified, leaving the Helmand’s waters a topic of dispute.
- Treaty of 1973 stipulates that Afghanistan must deliver water to Iran at a rate of 22 cubic metres per second per annum with an additional four cubic metres per second.
- The Helmand River originates in the Afghan Hindu Kush Mountain range and flows across Afghanistan.
- It splits into the Shele Charak River that forms the border between the two countries, and the Sistan River which flows westward into Iran.
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