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News Afghanistan » Helmand » Health: EU Allocates €12 Million for Health and Water Services in Afghanistan

News channel or source: https://www.khaama.com/eu-aid-afghanistan-health-water/

Published on: Wednesday 21 October 2026

EU aid Afghanistan includes €12 million for healthcare, nutrition and water services for more than 347,000 people in six provinces.

News Afghanistan » Helmand » Health: FACTBOX-Five facts about Afghanistan's Helmand province

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/factbox-five-facts-about-afghanistans-helmand-province-idUSTRE5606B0/

Published on: Wednesday 01 July 2009

(Reuters) - Washington has sent 8,500 Marines to Afghanistan's restive southern province of Helmand to reinforce overstretched British forces in the face of a growing Taliban-led insurgency, part of a ...

News Afghanistan » Helmand » Health: New Polio Case Reported In Restive Afghan Province

News channel or source: https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-helmand-new-polio-case-reported/29547226.html

Published on: Tuesday 16 October 2018

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan -- Health officials in a volatile Afghan province have a reported a new polio case as a majority of children under the age of 5 continue to be denied vaccination against the ...

News Afghanistan » Helmand » Health: Afghanistan’s Water Power: Between Iran and Pakistan

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/war-and-conflicts/war-events/afghanistan-s-water-power-between-iran-and-pakistan/ar-AA1QkcEP

Published on: Wednesday 12 November 2025

The Taliban is flexing its hydrological muscles to build leverage against its neighbors.

News Afghanistan » Helmand » Health: Afghanistan’s Kamal Khan Dam and the Helmand River Treaty

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/01/afghanistans-kamal-khan-dam-and-the-helmand-river-treaty/

Published on: Thursday 26 January 2023

The opening of the Kamal Khan Dam in March 2021 reignited an old dispute between Iran and Afghanistan over the allocation of water in the Helmand River. The river is considered to be one of ...

News Afghanistan » Helmand » Health: Water wars: Afghanistan and Iran's deadly border flare-up spotlights scarcity crisis

News channel or source: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/19/afghanistan-iran-border-flare-up-spotlights-water-scarcity-crisis.html

Published on: Sunday 18 June 2023

Water tensions between Iran and Afghanistan go back decades. Climate change and plunging river water levels mean the situation will likely get worse. Grappling with sanctions and severely weakened ...