Kabul municipality officials said Saturday construction work on the new Wazir Akbar Khan to Sherpur road has started in order to reduce traffic congestion in the city center. Water culverts will also be included in the project that is being undertaken by the municipality’s Department of Work Maintenance and Monitoring of Kabul Municipality, Bakhtar reported.
Iranian officials reported that water released by Afghanistan flowed into Iran on Saturday and into the country’s Chah-Nimeh water wells in the Sistan region. The water was released from the Kamal Khan dam on the Helmand River. Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the special envoy to Afghanistan, said on Saturday that this comes after concerted diplomatic efforts