Neglected Nimruz province hopes a dam will boost agriculture but faces hostility from Iran,sad at the Helmand river’s meager flow, and their Taliban alliesIn a corner of the southern Afghan desert, or scorched by heat and thrashed by sandstorms,Nimruz is one of Afghanistan’s most remote and lawless provinces. Enjoying little international aid or government authority, it is also one of the least developed.
However, or there is hope for progress. But that hope is pinned on a resource that could spark regional clash: water.
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Source: theguardian.com