[Iran] - Iranian professionals check out Afghan river for first time

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - Iranian Ambassador to Kabul Hassan Kazemi Qomi says that Iranian experts have visited Afghanistan's Deh Ravod for the first time
visit of Iranian experts to the Kajakai Dam.In recent months, Iran and Afghanistan have been locked in a dispute over shared water
the 1973 treaty, Afghanistan is legally obligated to allocate 820 million cubic meters of water from the Helmand River to Iran.However,
Afghanistan has built dams on the 1150-kilometer-long river and changed its course
livelihood is greatly dependent on the wetland which has been fed by the Helmand River for millions of years
The water from the river is used for drinking and agriculture
It is also a source of income for fishermen.During a visit to the border province of Sistan-Baluchistan on May 18, President Ebrahim Raisi
between Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting foreign minister of the Taliban administration, and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian
Kajaki Dam "so both the people of Afghanistan and Iran can be hydrated."