Afghanistan’s share from Amu Darya river water allocation agreements over the years = Доля Афганистана в соглашениях по распределению воды реки Амударья на протяжении лет

Abstract

Afghanistan is a key Amu Darya riparian country which accounts for 27.5% 1 of the total generated annual water flow of Amu Darya and uses only 7% of the total. Although over the years, number of agreements and protocols were signed between Afghanistan and the former USSR, between Afghanistan and Tajikistan regarding the regulation and management of water resources of Amu Darya, but none of them specified any water allocation to any of the riparian states sharing the river basin in general, and Afghanistan in particular. In the last 20 years the new Afghanistan government also showed interest to settle the issues of its trans boundary rivers with its neighboring countries specially the issues of Amu Darya with the other four riparian, but due to political instabilities, economic challenges, lack of interest of the other riparian countries, and most importantly lack of enough trained specialists in this regard, the Afghan government couldn’t reach into agreements with any of its neighboring countries sharing the same trans boundary rivers to address the water issues once and forever.