Taliban vow to finish disputed canal at 'any cost'

Afghanistan's Central Asian neighbors cry foul over plans to tap shared river

20231208 Qosh Tepa Canal project

Afghanistan's under-construction Qosh Tepa irrigation canal aims to turn some 550,000 hectares of desert land into usable farmland. © AFP/Jiji

KHUDAI NOOR NASAR, Contributing writer

KABUL -- A massive canal project in Afghanistan has alarmed the country's neighbors over fears it will drain a river key to their agricultural economies, but the ruling Taliban is warning that it will press on at any cost.

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