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The Taliban is flexing its hydrological muscles to build leverage against its neighbors. Afghanistan is often described as landlocked, but in hydrological terms, it is upstream of two major states.
News Afghanistan » Kunar » Politics: Following India's suit, Afghanistan builds dams on Kunar River; restricting Pakistan's access to water
India, Oct. 24 -- Afghanistan's Taliban government has decided to build a series of dams across the Kunar River, a major tributary of the Indus, in a move seen as an attempt to restrict Pakistan's ...
News Afghanistan » Kunar » Politics: Afghanistan earthquake death toll soars over 1,400 as rescuers in Kunar province struggle to reach survivors
The death toll from a major earthquake that rocked eastern Afghanistan on Sunday night has climbed to at least 1,411, the ruling Taliban's chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Tuesday, as rescue ...
News Afghanistan » Kunar » Politics: Afghanistan's August 2025 earthquake reveals the cost of international isolation, scientists warn
On August 31 at midnight, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Afghanistan's eastern Kunar Province near the Pakistan border. Despite being moderate in magnitude, the earthquake caused extensive ...
News Afghanistan » Kunar » Politics: The World May Have Forgotten About Afghanistan, But the Afghan Diaspora Hasn’t
Afghan-American Sayeda Qader leads The Kalaam Project, a humanitarian relief team providing emergency aid to local Afghans – including after August’s devastating quake. Afghans in Kunar Province ...
News Afghanistan » Kunar » Politics: At least 600 killed as powerful earthquake rocks eastern Afghanistan
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 610 people and injured 1,300, a government spokesman says, with ...
News Afghanistan » Kunar » Politics: Russia is considering sending aid to Afghanistan in connection with earthquake — MFA
A devastating earthquake occurred in the provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar and Laghman in eastern Afghanistan on September 1, claiming the lives of hundreds of people MOSCOW, September 1. /TASS/. Russia’s ...
News Afghanistan » Kunar » Politics: World leaders condemn Pakistan airstrikes in Afghanistan, call for restraint
Several world leaders and the global community condemned the Pakistani military airstrikes carried out in Afghanistan's provinces of Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar, killing and injuring several civilians, ...
News Afghanistan » Kunar » Politics: An earthquake destroys villages in eastern Afghanistan and kills 800 people, with 2,500 injured
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in the dead of the night in search of missing loved ones after a strong earthquake killed some 800 people and injured more than 2,500 ...
News Afghanistan » Kunar » Politics: An earthquake in Afghanistan's east wipes out homes, generations and livelihoods
JALALABAD, Afghanistan — Ahmad Khan Safi had a good life in Afghanistan. The farmer raised livestock in the Dewagal Valley of Kunar Province, and people traveled from across the country to visit the ...