The Qosh Tepa mega-project launched by the Taliban to divert the waters of the Amu Darya is causing alarm in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, which would lose up to 15% of their current water resources in a context already marked by a serious crisis. The knot of the absence of political relations with the Taliban government. The spectre of a future water war if the 285-kilometre-long project is completed.
Tashkent offers Washington a window through which to engage with the Taliban indirectly in their ongoing fight against the rising influence of the ISKP in the region.
Turkmenistan invests in infrastructure, aiming to transition from a resource-dependent nation to a key transit hub, while navigating political and environmental challenges.
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Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Friday expressed concern over the construction of the Qosh Tepa irrigation canal in northern Afghanistan, noting it could “radically change the water regime and balance” in Central Asia. Mirziyoyev made the remarks at a meeting of the Council of Heads of the Founder States of the International Fund for Saving