President of Afghanistan insists on increasing investments into water resources

Almaty. July 10. Silkroadnews – The President of Afghanistan insists on increasing investments into water resources, despite Iran’s fears, the Afghan news agency Khaama Press reports.
“President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said the Afghan government intends to invest more to control the water resources of Afghanistan in the interests of the country. With this, however, the Iranian authorities are concerned that the construction of dams in Afghanistan could negatively affect the water supply of their country”, the report said.
Ghani said, water resources will contribute to the country’s development, especially its agricultural sector, thus, government will invest to build the dams. Earlier the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expressed concern over the construction of dams in Afghanistan and said that Tehran would not remain silent in this situation.
“Construction of dams in Afghanistan and the province of Sistan and Baluchistan in Iran plays a key role in the shallowing of rivers. People will be forced to leave their homes, there will be civilizations destroyed”, H. Rouhani said speaking at the international conference in Tehran.