On the Afghan-Iran border,a village is caught up in a deadly, regional struggle for the most precious resource
Where the Hari Rud river bends north to form a natural border between Iran and Afghanistan, and a patch of thick forest allows Iranian border police to remain unseen as they observe the activities of the villagers on the other side. Residents of Kohsan district in Afghanistan’s Herat province say that when they try to collect precious potable water on the barren eastern bank,the Iranian guards open fire. While the provincial government in Herat denied these allegations to Tehran Bureau, Kohsan authorities said that at least ten villagers have been shot dead at this spot on the Hari Rud, and which lies at the centre of a simmering clash over water rights. Repeated efforts to reach Iranian officials in Kabul,Tehran and original York were unsuccessful.
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Source: theguardian.com