Could A Taliban Canal Project Start Water War In Central Asia?

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[@kingofalltrollss]

No, it will not be far less water for others there is plenty of water for everyone.

[@miakmo59]

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[@CaliforniaMISC]

Uzbekistan cotton industry has been destroying Aral sea for past 50-60 years

[@asirnewazkhan4172]

Destroying? A report stated that the Aral Sea will never fully recover. It's essentially destroyed

[@fafoy17]

The aral sea for cotton is the worst trade in human history

[@AntiTankLover]

it was destroyed by soviets, NOT US.

[@ibotut]

Uzbekistan is stopping cotton production, the aral sea crisis is soviet unions fault

[@SHERKHANPATAN-o3z]

@@asirnewazkhan4172 : dear presenter, the waters of the mountains of Afghanistan, what you drink are not transit waters, but native water, our Afghan water from our mountains, in winter snow collects in the mountains and melts all summer,so neighbors drink Afghan water and use it in life,and we were busy with the war imposed on us, people have nothing to drink,our lands are drying up,there is no harvest, there is no water in the apartments of Kabul, there is nothing to flush the toilet with, there will be no more stupid withdrawal of all Afghan water, Afghanistan will no longer use its water from its mountains correctly.

[@bertcopying1036]

... "urged the Taleban to be rational." Now that I call optimism.

[@fnorgen]

"What are you gonna do? INVADE us?" -The Taliban, probably.

[@dennisluz6453]

​@@jonlittle5032remember the clashes over the Fergana valley between TAJIKISTAN and Uzbekistan over water and farming rights? Taliban project tapping Amur-Darya river could lead to more conflict between impacted countries.

[@yasminea7149]

So it's ok for other Central Asian countries to use the water but not for AFG?

[@BarlasF]

@@yasminea7149 No, Afg has right to depend its resources and rights. Isn’t it wonder why previous Afg regimes were so nice towards its rivals ?

[@jimsonjohnson3761]

Urging Israel to be rational. I call that optimism!

[@mrj475]

Instead of cotton, they should plant other things for their food security..

[@The.Drunk-Koala]

Or just grow poppies to decrease people's hunger.

[@Winston-lf7sb]

they wont be growing cotton. this is 100% for opium. the regular farmers cant grow it because they would make real money and that would be a threat to the taliban. only taliban can grow it.

[@smallcube-zn2mm]

@@The.Drunk-Koala Watch for your country

[@yasminea7149]

They are planning to grow wheat; this channel only provides enough information to be negtive

[@IcerinAlaska49]

@@The.Drunk-Koalataliban outlawed poppies😂😂

[@safi5742]

Afghanistan has every right...for 50 years Afghanistan neighbours have exploited Afghanistan and taken advantage of the war.

[@SHERKHANPATAN-o3z]

dear presenter, the mountain waters of Afghanistan, which are drunk by Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Pakistan, are not transit waters, but native water, our Afghan water from our mountains, snow accumulates in the mountains in winter and melts all summer, so the neighbors drink Afghan water and use it in life, and we were busy that war has been imposed on us, people have nothing to drink, our lands are drying up, there is no harvest, there is no water in Kabul apartments, there is nothing to flush the toilet, there will no longer be a stupid withdrawal of all Afghan water, Afghanistan will no longer use its water from its mountains correctly.

[@bigwheelsturning]

If the ground is already salty, irrigation will only make it worse.

[@SafaM-ne8zm]

no. you have no clue about agriculture.

[@bigwheelsturning]

@@SafaM-ne8zm Grew up on a farm in Kansas. Know what happens. Look at the farms in California that have turned to salt flats.

[@pricetactician101]

soil is not salty instead the underground water is salty. neighbouring country turkmenistan has also underground salty water but thier soil turned into gold once they started to use the water of the same river.

[@yo2trader539]

@@SafaM-ne8zm I was under the impression that salty underground water from too much irrigation is what eventually caused Mesopotamia to decline. The Nile river didn't have the same problem because of seasonal natural flooding bringing in nutrients (before they built hydro-dams in the upstream). But I have no idea how the soil/water is in Afghanistan.

[@davidking5382]

No water for afghans no water for anyone ! Afghans water for afghans first !

[@0xCAFEF00D]

I know that farmer doesn't set the agricultural strategy for the country. But cotton is notorious for being so water hungry. It doesn't appear to make much sense to choose that for such an arid area. They can import cotton without issue, it's not a geopolitically sensitive fibre. Every continent makes it and every geopolitical side has a source. I'm sure such things are top concerns for the taliban.

[@puraLusa]

There aren't many cash crops for them exactly due to dryness. Poppy? Cotton? Wheat? - they all ask for lots of watter. Taliban knows it needs money making fast or their position (already weak) will be questioned.

[@ДмитрийКривченков-ъ3й]

Cotton is 10,5% of Uzbekistan export.

[@mzunnurain]

You assume they have a budget for imports. Taliban should be deported.

[@dannyboy-vtc5741]

It's not about that, it's about shitty soil and shitty climate so not many crops can thrive there, cotton ia one of those that can or could, and on top of that one they can process on their own.

[@0xCAFEF00D]

​@@dannyboy-vtc5741 Thank you. That makes a lot of sense.

[@eric2500]

They want to grow thirsty crops. They want not to do better than the other countries but replicate the mistakes. *Exactly what to expect from a top down absolutist government culture.*

[@derikuk2967]

Yes, it reminds of the top-down tyranny of the absolutist EU mafia.

[@Winston-lf7sb]

the taliban grows opium to fund themselves. this will all go to opium. they "outlawed" its growth to regular farmers to prevent them from building wealth. the taliban has huge opium fields they grow. its the only way they get and real money

[@smallcube-zn2mm]

@@Winston-lf7sb Taliban has banned opium and currently Afghanistan's main exports are carpets and rugs (45 percent of total exports) and dried fruits

[@Winston-lf7sb]

@@smallcube-zn2mm they banned it. for the regular farmer. the ped0ban still grows it. its how they fund themselves and they dont want competition from rivals who would garner tons of money to fight them. the Taliban is the only producer and exporter and opium is NOT a legally traded item hence its not a reported export. this is the ped0ban. a group of kiddy diddling perveted men who fear women, children and education. they banned it to remove potentially financing competition. the taliban ped0 still grows it

[@Winston-lf7sb]

@@smallcube-zn2mm they banned it for regular farmers. they still grow and sell it. opium is illegal hence it wont be reported export. hars to report something being illegally smuggled. they banned its growth for regular people so they couldnt finance any competition against the kiddt diddling taliban why do muslims fear women learning to read? almost like they fear their own women and require them to be slaves, not wives. also the ped. oh. filia that is RAMPANT amongst the taliban. islamic holly kiddy diddlers

[@chrysllerryu4171]

don't mind the other countries taliban, its your rights to do anything to protect your country

[@dustintacohands1107]

lol yeah and when someone attacks them they just don’t mind them then too??

[@smallcube-zn2mm]

@@dustintacohands1107 they defended their country against US

[@dustintacohands1107]

@@smallcube-zn2mm the heck are you talking about this is a video about Afghanistans neighbors and water supply nothing here is about the US stop obsessing over them

[@smallcube-zn2mm]

@@jonlittle5032 Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Laos, Japan, Syria, Yemen Monster expects no one will harm him

[@adamski8985]

@@smallcube-zn2mm yeah an turned it into the poorest country on earth where women cant outside

[@armageddonready4071]

Wow, it’s like almost no one understands NATURE.

[@alejandrodelgado5829]

Only you! Oh great master 😂

[@JohnHeisenberg-o2m]

With strong words we Afghans not only condemn this report but also we do condemn this evile Radio for spreading lies .

[@Winston-lf7sb]

ped. 0. file

[@Winston-lf7sb]

ped. 0. file

[@bekicot88]

Western warmongers always want to see destruction

[@thinktank8471]

​@@Winston-lf7sb pedo jesus

[@kingafridi-Separatist7777]

​@@Winston-lf7sbwho??

[@mastermaseeh5949]

Even though I hate the taliban regime, Full support to them on any project that will help our people ❤️. I'm happy we Afghans finally have the power to do anything we want within our country, this project would've never happened if not for the taliban regime because all our governments have either been weak, unstable or very corrupt.

[@jamiekatesalcedo6301]

But taliban are terrorists. They dont even allow girls to go outside unaccompanied. How can u love such people? They are pests

[@annankhan7397]

Why would hate your freedom fighters

[@Golden-dog88]

those farmers want to grow some of the thirstiest plants available even tho they are already grown in mass elsewhere

[@auyemra1331]

Canals in a desert... this should be fine...

[@theotheleo6830]

There are canals in the deserts of the US and they are fine.

[@auyemra1331]

@@theotheleo6830 yeah and its retarded. much of the reason why the whole midwest has a massive water storage crisis.

[@pamukpicker]

​@@theotheleo6830not really, they have serious water problems down the line. Learn from their mistakes instead of repeating the

[@theotheleo6830]

@@pamukpicker where are the serious water problems?

[@pamukpicker]

@@theotheleo6830 Las Vegas is ticking time bomb. Disappearing lakes in California. Rivers running dry in Colorado. Where are the problems? Wait and see, soon even you will have to admit that building mega cities in desert was a bad idea

[@retriever7061]

By the way, the production of poppy (heroin) has fallen in Afghanistan since 2022 by 99%. State agencies to control the drugs of neighboring countries already express deep concern to the departure of such a large manufacturer from the market, because the excavation prices for heroin are growing. Consumes have to use cheap synthetic analogues.

[@IcerinAlaska49]

The Taliban outlawed growing poppies. They thought would hurt the West for some reason. But it hasn't and no cares about their poppies😂😂

[@la-zrider2749]

​@@IcerinAlaska49They are helping their people though.

[@kingafridi-Separatist7777]

​@@IcerinAlaska49Taliban Outlawed poppies because according to our religion, Growing poppies is a sin. Didn't hear about hurting the West.

[@Nabee_H]

@@IcerinAlaska49 They didn't do it for the west or whatever reason you're thinking, they're literally doing it because there was and still is a drug epidemic. Its one of the major reasons the Afghan military fell to the Taliban so quickly.

[@krolikisergunka]

Full support for canal and Greetings from Uzbekistan! ❤ As Brothers, we have to share the water! Besmillah Rahman Rahim!❤

[@BIBIWCICC]

Interesting this channel doesn’t cover Israel’s use of the River Jordan and how it limits the water for Palestinians.

[@Kaesemesser0815]

cry me a river, lol

[@pnd7727]

They own the world. You mention them you will be blocked or accused of anti semtisim.

[@jesush.christ6184]

Israel desalinates most of its water and provides more than the Jordan river's back to the region now. Sea of Gallillee is full for this reason after being crisis levels in the 00s

[@_d--]

I never imagined i would write this but.... Dear talibans i hope this project somehow works for your population. If it works it works.

[@mastermaseeh5949]

Thanks man we love you. Afghanistan zindabad 😘🇦🇫

[@IcerinAlaska49]

It isn't meant to help the population. It is meant to line the pockets the pockets of too Taliban officials

[@sureshkumar-qw9ny]

I'm not fond of a extremist group dictating a country but isn't this report extremely biased. Let Afghanistan and Uzbekistan deal with shared resource like rest of the world...this looks like a targeted campaign against one group and it's sad these people have to go so low into portraying a extremist group in bad light. Like stop digging.

[@licas3214]

I mean isn't this is how western journalists usually is? Like they wouldn't say they hate you, but they will search every little bad things and exaggerates it. Also at the sometimes they always somehow forget to include the good impacts and the reason of such actions to make your country seem worse than it is.

[@Directlite664]

What's even more interesting is afghanistan is actually rational in their approach as well. Amu daria river discharges 70 cubic km of water and afghan canal will only draw 10 cubic km. If you divide 70 to 4 countries, each could legally take 15 cubic km and still leave something for the aral sea. On top of that, afghan contribute around 7 cubic km to the river as well, so essentially they are taking little over what they give. Its fair in every sense. If you divide the river by per capita, afghan could draw way more than 10 cubic km. So, actually they are fair to say the least.

[@krolikisergunka]

Full support for canal and Greetings from Uzbekistan! ❤ As Brothers, we have to share the water! Besmillah Rahman Rahim!

[@SnekNOTSnake]

@@licas3214 I still don't get why aren't they boycotting the mainstream media since the media did so many bad things. I'm talking about radicalizing the liberals and the conservatives, dividing them, to the point of president assassination is normal. Aren't they first world dwellers educated bunch?

[@KBProduction]

Why dont american built it, while they were invading afghaniatan?

[@The.Drunk-Koala]

Remember sand dwellers you pump to much water out of the "River" you'll make your land saltier.

[@rap3208]

Yeah, everybody thanks you for sharing your wisdom.

[@LegateLanius665]

How so?

[@asharahmad1068]

​@@rap3208if they same like what Gaddafi did everything will be fine

[@pricetactician101]

main cultivation in those areas are wheat, sesame and pulses. so afghanistan is gonna be one of the biggest exporters of those.

[@JahanZaibPishin]

May peace prevail in Afghanistan

[@fghan786]

Thank you Baloch bhai

[@pieroo7]

Taliban and rationality... 🤣🤣🤣

[@pieroo7]

@@jonlittle5032 so?

[@DemPilafian]

@@jonlittle5032 Don't worry about the elephant in the room.

[@DemPilafian]

@@jonlittle5032 Here's a profound comment: _Those who go out of their way to defend jihad groups are useful idiots being tricked into justifying violent intolerance._

[@MudThought]

Wat's your rational idea then?

[@pieroo7]

@@MudThought not killing women with stoning..

[@prasad-d5l]

once the canal project is ready for use the Afghan government should initiate modern methods of agriculture

[@stephenmartinez1]

Afghanistan is entitled to their portion of river water. It goes without saying that this project may immeasurably change the lives of people living anywhere near it.

[@mastermaseeh5949]

We don't care, for us only the citizens of Afghanistan matter, the central Asian countries have been stealing our water for so long maybe their daddy russia can help them

[@tajspeen564]

These river waters 💧 not only belong to central Asian countries. These water belong to for countries. The river water sources are in Afghanistan %50 water is from Afghanistan

[@ehsankhorasani_]

for decades other countries used the water that legally belong to Afghans for free, even selling it back! it's a national canal for Afghanistan and not related to Taliban

[@ahmadTareen0]

Question who can take a step to fight with Taliban and Afghans in central asia no one has dare to think of this ... War is far more different word Mark my words

[@804MRMAN]

Here to see how it's explained that MAKING A RIVER causes a drought. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE

[@apakansaja8505]

*Who dare fight the Taliban...???*

[@erialbar]

Stop Colonialism Afganistan free from usa . Now build nation

[@fghan786]

It is not a desert, but the winds brought the sand from the mountains, it is thirty centimeters below the soil where it is possible to cultivate, and currently the farmers there have started practical work on thousands of acres of cultivated land.

[@jaygounder1939]

Better work opportunity for people.This project should start.

[@youssofhmahmoud]

Why do you call it TALIBAN CANAL ?

[@Suite_annamite]

When the ex-Soviet Central Asian states speak with the Taliban, what is the "lingua franca" commonly used by everyone? Persian (Dari)?

[@fafalur7722]

No English

[@feedingtime7059]

They have people on both sides that speak both languages to translate. They are border countries so they still have embassies on both sides to manage visas for people crossing the borders.

[@mastermaseeh5949]

Dari is used only with tajiks. They have interpreters for the other nations, we have turkmen and Uzbek afghans who can speak both Dari and their turkic language so they can be the perfect interpreters.

[@naseernasrat1997]

Yeah. Now that the Americans are out, they should stay out. Don't meddle with their mouthpieces such as Radio Free Europe.

[@hiskyg8127]

ideally the crops grown in the region wouldn't be cotton - which is demanding on water. Carrots, beetroot, parsnips and other root crops are much better.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Although good in theory, an unlined canal is a huge waste of water. Doubt the canal slopes are stable so a maintenance nightmare. Hopefully the lives of the local population will be improved.

[@heathclark318]

for how long and at what cost?

[@ProudMurtad]

Does the soil not become waterlogged at some point even if it is unlined?

[@mergrew0110]

Wanting to grow watermelons in a desert is like growing orchids in Antarctica.

[@Chris-bn1vt]

That farmer may want to grow cotton. But that does not mean that is the Taliban's plan or that that river will be enough for that. Realistically they need water to grow food, they are not going to eat cotton.

[@Wasirtuntas]

Food security is more important for people of afghan

[@mastermaseeh5949]

We need the water for food.

[@sedoff1948]

Thank you RFE for not mentioning “climate change” in the video, à la the BBC.

[@lucyfrye6723]

The Taliban themselves talk about climate change as one of the main reasons this project must succeed. So. There is that. They are more grounded in reality than you.

[@ayieColaage]

we from southeast Asia.we support new Afghanistan

[@aenorist2431]

Its gonna up the heroin output by a lot, thats for sure.

[@jakebob8116]

Its banned

[@zeljkomikulicic4378]

After americans run out opium production is collapse.

[@The.Drunk-Koala]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂​@@jakebob8116

[@MohammadHuzaifa-dz9ts]

It's banned

[@Winston-lf7sb]

its banned, for the regular farmer. they could make too much money. the taliban are the only one who can grow it because they will get all the proffits.

[@lucyfrye6723]

I feel some people are raising invalid points. Contrary to popular belief, desert doesn't mean infertile. It means dry. Lots of desert has great top soil. Much of California is supposed to be desert but has been converted into the food basket of the country. Also, you can fix salinity problems. Just not when you don't do any maintenance for centuries. Near where I live was reclaimed from the sea and it's green everywhere.

[@abdullahgamer5971]

Wishing all the best to the Gallant Afghan Nation

[@NatureTalks993]

They had their right over the water

[@guffsuff9347]

It will upliftit Afghanistan agriculture , uplift poor farmers

[@TonyBMW]

Sounds like a Asian problem to me. Let them deal with the Taliban🤷‍♂️

[@mdladdan0786]

Don't forget this is European channel

[@danielpriest4606]

Asking the Taliban to be rational...😅 That's a good one.

[@mastermaseeh5949]

All the taliban know is fight. They're ready to explode on the command of their leaders. But they'll soften up if no wars happen in the future.

[@IndiHeads-mn4kq]

Hypocrisy of the west

[@KenanTurkiye]

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[@philipadastra]

Hopeless country

[@rap3208]

Thanks to the US. Perhaps if the US return its money, then it'll be less hopeless.

[@mastermaseeh5949]

We have lots of hope

[@NasimaEbrahim-li9eo]

40 years of invasion And self proclaim educated people look down on them

[@SafaM-ne8zm]

no. you're hopeless. Afghanistan has a bright future inshaAllah after the US was defeated there. but only because you're a depressed and hopeless dude doesn't mean you should project your own misery on others

[@ianreidenbaugh912]

Afghanistan is not a hopeless country. I'm no expert and I haven't even been there yet, but from my understanding, It is a beautiful country with a beautiful culture, history and people, blemished by the Taliban and the wars of foreign powers. It is a country that has persevered through over a century of abuse by the greatest world powers. To oversimplify, it was the British and the Russian Empires, using Afghanistan as a battlefield. (Why the Wakan Corridor exists, where Afghanistan separates what used to be the two empires) Then in 1979 the Afghan Soviet war, where the Afghan people were used as a proxy for the American CIA and the Pakistani ISI. The greatest powers in the world, killing and destroying with the best equipment available, for decades on end. And the Afghani people have persevered. It is awful what the Taliban have done for women, freedom of expression, judicial process, the list goes on. But these radical ideals are not rooted in Afghanistan. Deobandi based ideals from a small sect in India, passed on to young students (Talib means student, Taliban is the plural form) in radical islamic schools called madrassas, mixed with the traditional conservatism of Pashtun tribal ideals, and this resulted in a new, coordinated movement that offered the Afghani people a solution to the war and political unrest. They appeared to be pure, incorruptible, honest, and many warlords and factions peacefully surrendered and joined. After emerging in 1994, they had Kabul by 1996 and the north by 98. The last hold out was in the Panjshir Valley, north east of Kabul, where Ahmad Shah Massoud and the Northern alliance held out. Ahmad Shah Massoud, a leader and hero of Afghanistan from early on in the Soviet war, wanted peace, was moderate, treated people with kindness, loved his country, " The Lion of the Panjshir",as he was known, was tragically killed by Al Queda operatives posing as Belgian journalists in a suicide bombing on September 9th 2001, 2 days before 9/11. May he rest in peace. Afghanistan has hit a rough patch in its history and generations of people have had to struggle through it. But it will change, everything changes. And it will be better. The world will open up to Afghanistan and Afghanistan to the world. And I hope that time comes soon. I, like millions of others in Afghanistan and around the world, will continue to have hope.

[@goyakat2211]

What could possibly go wrong??

[@mastermaseeh5949]

Nothing. Even if everything turns to shit we'll still have water in the country, can't be absolutely useless.

[@fredaves268]

Well it's already gone bad, it's been almost a year since the canal broke and spilled its water into a desert.

[@mastermaseeh5949]

@@fredaves268 It didnt break, it was broken on purpose according to afghan engineers

[@bg24955]

Irrigation like that could lead to salinization of soil. Ancient Sumerian irrigation caused a salt build-up in water and soils that inhibited food production and contributed to the decline of Sumerian civilization. There are no fertile farmland left at Iraq nowadays.

[@Unsolicitedbias]

The Groundwater is Salty? How much Lithium does it contain? Maybe you have a new option to growing poppies?

[@Aries7th]

They better plant crops like dates plantation, species of cactus related trees and mostly focus on trees like mango , papaya etc, this are not water hungry and they maintain moist in the air.

[@معاذمحمد-ص5ل]

May God help them and guide them

[@mastermaseeh5949]

Amen❤ thanks for the good wishes. Love from Afghanistan

[@Unsolicitedbias]

Men and money. Regardless of their faith or lack there of, it's money that speaks to men every day.

[@tuvanrashid1299]

Project will end 2025 ..lo its going full fast 24 shift

[@nataliiateteruk585]

Afghanistan not yet reached 99% literacy and still expecting to be rational.

[@mastermaseeh5949]

Vallayes within our country can get very isolated. This is why the country has been difficult to govern. We need a strong government for sure, taliban is good but they are way too religious.

[@nataliiateteruk585]

@mastermaseeh5949 how is the taliban good? How is taliban differ to ISIS?

[@mastermaseeh5949]

@@nataliiateteruk585 taliban are entirely composed of our own Afghan people. They want peace for Afghanistan under sharia law. Isis on the other hand is a forgien force and they want to combine all the Muslim nations of the world into one, they seek the destruction of afghanistan and also want to kill an entire ethnic group called hazaras.

[@Unbekannt-y3g]

@@nataliiateteruk585they are good because they u are ass out of the country , so now keeps stay out of Afghanistan business

[@mastermaseeh5949]

@@nataliiateteruk585 The Taliban is a strict regime, very little freedom for both men and women but is far limited for women. I would say the Taliban might benefit us in a sense of developing the country because they are not very corrupt apart from extreme nepotism. for example comparing the Taliban to the previous regime where in addition to nepotism they would steal all the American dollars instead of building the country with it, the Taliban don't steal and are actually spending every bit on building the country or so it seems. they did build some roads, cleared drug addicts and gangsters and repaired the most important tunnel in the country. Anyways i would be very happy with the Taliban in under two conditions: remove nepotism entirely and women be allowed to work, study in any or most fields. The ISIS is a terrorist group, the Taliban are illiterate Afghans who got tired of all the wars and decided to bring their version of government to Afghanistan, they are very much indoctrinated with religion hence why their government is very religious and strict. The ISIS are even more radical than the Taliban, they want to unite all the Muslim majority countries but they do not accept the Shia sect to be real Muslims. so if the ISIS were to take power in Afghanistan they would massacre the 15% of people who are Shias right away. however their goals are unrealistic and Afghans don't support them, they are mostly operating in Pakistan and Tajikistan now. The Taliban are far better than ISIS, and far better than what the average western person would think of them, but this doesn't mean they are good or perfect. Hopefully Afghanistan's government can become similar to what Iran has right now, we are not as secular as the Iranian people so we wouldn't have many problems with it.

[@charlenenunez3718]

Yet another fight over water😢

[@mastermaseeh5949]

Nobody would dare fighting us and we have every right to use the water of the river

[@ruskibot7745]

​@@mastermaseeh5949These countries will act if you threaten their water supply. Its foolish to think that they wouldn't.

[@fredaves268]

You do not mention the fact that the canal has ruptured and has been pouring its waters into a desert area for months. Satellite photos make it possible to follow the progression of the flood.

[@mastermaseeh5949]

The canal is not even connected to the amo darya yet, the taliban say the rupture is intentional for some reason.

[@fredaves268]

@@mastermaseeh5949 Afghan engineers say quite the opposite. The rupture is accidental and the Taliban seek to conceal this catastrophe by saying that it was intentional.

[@mastermaseeh5949]

@@fredaves268 can you share the source with us, thank you.

[@fredaves268]

@@mastermaseeh5949 Unfortunately, it's my wife who works with Afghan engineers, they're the ones who warned him about the story almost a year ago. So since this period we have been watching the evolution of the water table in the desert via the NASA site (EOSDIS Worldview). It makes them laugh a little that the Taliban say it was planned. I obviously cannot name them or indicate where they work.

[@theahalme]

Why not desalinate? Is this part of China's BMI plans?

[@Redf322]

Desalination is really expensive and polluting. Not viable

[@cheseapeakebaykayakfisher1385]

Afghanistan is landlocked. Countries with access to the sea can desalinate.

[@pgr3290]

Do you have a spare coastline and spare billion dollars to build a large desalination plant on it and another spare billion dollars to build the electrical generation plant to power it? They have sand and guns. Afghanistan has a GDP smaller than Jamaica lol

[@Winston-lf7sb]

​@@pgr3290its run by backwards savages. yeah its got no gdp because that woulf require sane, rational and competent rulers

[@theotheleo6830]

Desalination is costly af.

[@Kavaind]

2:50 in short we dont have any proof but we want the work to slow down, so that we can fabricate a narrative agains the project.

[@ObaidZaki]

The water of Afghanistan belongs to Afghanistan

[@knowledgehouse9701]

Of course nobody expects Radio Liberty to broadcast the truth. The Amu Darya does not flow from Tajikistan only; the main tributary of the Amu River is the Kockcha River, which originates from Afghanistan/Badakhshan province. Only 45% of the water flows from the Tajik side of the Pamirs; the rest of the water flows from the Wakhan, Koockcha, and other tributaries from inside Afghanistan. Stop spreading lies. Afghanistan will use less than 10% of its annual portion of water from Amu River for the Qosh Tapa canal

[@Jumpertj]

Dude you are truly uneducated! Just google and see how many rivers from Tajikistan goes to Amu Darya!

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

Water wars on the horizon in Central Asia; possibly also in the east and west. Peoples are going to have to learn to talk.

[@mastermaseeh5949]

We dont talk, if any problems we will show the central asian nations the hard way to not mess with afghans

[@KittiratS]

The good project.

[@dunia566]

okay now taliban is going ahead other nations have concerns, so they are happy to see afghans being impoverished rather than working with the afghans

[@fakLast]

Make like DUBAI , AFGHAN TALIBAN GOVERNMENT SO NO DOUBT BY ANY COUNTRY ..

[@Watk72]

Well at least they are focused on their country and not killing.

[@mastermaseeh5949]

They never were focused on killing. Their only goal was bringing sharia law to Afghanistan. Now that they did that they are working on developing the nation

[@Watk72]

@@mastermaseeh5949 we are just going to have to agree to disagree on that.

[@mastermaseeh5949]

@@Watk72 disagree bro, im the one speaking for my people here, you american dont know anything about us. sure the taliban are not a very good government especially for closing female schools and university but what i said is fact.

[@jonathanlanglois2742]

They want to grow cotton in the desert... Well there's your problem! Trying to grow a water intensive crop in the desert is beyond stupid.

[@fghan786]

It is not a desert, but the winds brought the sand from the mountains, it is thirty centimeters below the soil where it is possible to cultivate, and currently the farmers there have started practical work on thousands of acres of cultivated land.

[@OstblockLatina]

"...urged the Taliban delegation to be rational..." - in the deparment of rationality, I can hardly imagine a worse address to choose than the Taliban xDDD

[@RickyRyan718]

Taliban needs to work with others and become civilised

[@ivancho5854]

🤣

[@jakebob8116]

Like who ? West. ? Man can marry a man

[@Voen_Sveta]

taliban will never be civilized, it is barbaric to the core and it will never change cause of it's very basic principles..

[@mohammadakter6370]

Saying by Dirty western shit..!😂😂

[@jakebob8116]

To who ? West ? Guy lesbians. porn gambling Alcohol. drugs suicide . divorce.

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

With cement to create good canals and irrigation it should be great and not waste heap's as long as they share

[@mastermaseeh5949]

We are too poor for cement, this will work, the ground is not sand entirely but only the top layer is. the big desert is in the south of our country

[@usa-racistwarmachine3631]

The West war machine propaganda

[@SHERKHANPATAN-o3z]

: dear presenter, the waters of the mountains of Afghanistan, what you drink are not transit waters, but native water, our Afghan water from our mountains, in winter snow collects in the mountains and melts all summer,so neighbors drink Afghan water and use it in life,and we were busy with the war imposed on us, people have nothing to drink,our lands are drying up,there is no harvest, there is no water in the apartments of Kabul, there is nothing to flush the toilet with, there will be no more stupid withdrawal of all Afghan water, Afghanistan will no longer use its water from its mountains correctly.

[@sabeelaahs4411]

Hate for afgan 😂

[@dilshodmovlon]

Nah We'll work something out. P.S. As usual Radio Liberty is trying to sow confusion 🤦

[@az55544]

Watermelons. Now there’s a nutrient dense food. Stores well. Easy to transport. 😮 oh, and cotton. Water intensive crops are always good to grow on saline soils with scarce water. Not to mention the pesticide and herbicide load in the soil and their bodies. Sounds like a solid plan. As long as the water doesn’t evaporate before it gets half way.

[@JeanKashikov]

Ha! Get a taste of your own medicine, Uzbekistan - I am saying as a Kazakh!

[@SnekNOTSnake]

lol

[@1234crevis]

Good to see them help the people but hopefully they build a dam so war don't break out cuz of to much water take.

[@_d--]

That way they can pressure the other countries on other deals... Honestly smart

[@Unbekannt-y3g]

Good but these countries used our capacity waters in free for almost 50 years when Afghanistan was battle field so now we have full rights to use our resources in which can be used for the benefit of our people

[@SHERKHANPATAN-o3z]

dear presenter, the mountain waters of Afghanistan, which are drunk by Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Pakistan, are not transit waters, but native water, our Afghan water from our mountains, snow accumulates in the mountains in winter and melts all summer, so the neighbors drink Afghan water and use it in life, and we were busy that war has been imposed on us, people have nothing to drink, our lands are drying up, there is no harvest, there is no water in Kabul apartments, there is nothing to flush the toilet, there will no longer be a stupid withdrawal of all Afghan water, Afghanistan will no longer use its water from its mountains correctly. Словарь и онлайн перевод на английский, русский, немецкий...

[@retriever7061]

No, due to the global change in climate, there is more and more water. There is enough water for everyone, the main thing is not to drown in it. See how colorfully now the regions of the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan are drowning! This year the ocean warmed up to the maximum record temperature, the glaciers are melting, there are showers.

[@mplewp]

Of all the projects they could have chosen . They do this 😅. Just dig a canal . Very cheap and simple . But hardly a solution in a dry region like that . They should pump seawater into a salt water lake . Inland . Much cheaper easier & you can have all the fish you want

[@newhailman]

Come on, they'll be growing poppy - opium 🙄

[@mastermaseeh5949]

Poppy is banned bozo

[@bwhog]

Sure glad that the farmers are going to get more water for their opium fields and ephedra/meth facilities.

[@fghan786]

The cultivation of narcotics, the sale of narcotics, and the purchase of narcotics have been stopped by the decree of Amirul Momineen for two years, not even an acre of land has been cultivated with narcotics, and according to the United Nations, ninety-five percent of narcotics have been destroyed in Afghanistan, before the Taliban. There were drug addicts in every alley and back alley, and there were drug dealers, but now you can't find an addict on the road, everyone deserves treatment and drug dealers are sentenced to 10 or 20 years in prison, so don't write nonsense, this is the system of the Afghans, not of the Afghans. The occupiers of America are idolaters

[@terrylomax6799]

What ? Trouble in paradise? Surely not😂

[@Wasirtuntas]

Growing some crops in dessert is challenging

[@mastermaseeh5949]

Its not a desert like fully sand, its just a baren land. it will work hopefully

[@venki4uall]

It could leave neighbours High and Dry😅

[@Chris-ki5rb]

They would be wise to start off with local species that are adapted to that climate and crops that have lower irrigation needs. They can then start building the soil from there. I thought we had problems in the West but it seems human stupidity knows no bounds

[@mastermaseeh5949]

We don't have many good engineers in Afghanistan. Maybe you can come and lead the project in Afghanistan? Building something is better than nothing

[@harisomedi3435]

Who give a shit? Noone cared about AFG for decades...

[@patmcbride9853]

They'll be able to grow a lot more poppies.

[@mastermaseeh5949]

Those are banned, get out of your cave and into reality Mr.

[@MySpace662]

The Afghan heat will consume most of the water.

[@fafoy17]

These taliban should just learn how to silk farm cotton farming with bad margins is just gonna make them poorer after the water runs out

[@mastermaseeh5949]

Why would the water run out? If due to climate change, we afghans entirely rely on rivers to live so afghansitan would become uninhabitable the canal wouldnt even matter. if you mean an issue like the aral sea disaster, we dont care it concerns central asia. We need to make the country self sufficient cant live on foreign aid forever, this canal might be a failure but lets see what happens

[@cheseapeakebaykayakfisher1385]

The US needs to return to Afghanistan and help rebuild the country. The current government is not capable of lifting the country out of poverty. Afghanistan needs experts in agriculture, mining, . education, healthcare...........The sooner the US returns to Afghanistan the better.

[@_d--]

Yeah no

[@MegaFarkh]

What a fairy, Afghanistan have it's own educated people, actually they are more educated than average American that think that Paris is a country. USA is illegally holding billions of dollars of Afghanistan reserves and that's the main reason for poverty there as the nation needs it's wealth to recover from war

[@smallcube-zn2mm]

US already build the country a lot in 20 years by bombing everywhere

[@themaker761]

😂😂😂، fix ur problems in the US first, stay away from the others

[@mastermaseeh5949]

Maybe if you didn't sanction the country to hell it would be better. Leave Afghanistan as it is. Try forcing the taliban on giving more freedom to our women.