The Kabul Tribune (KT) —The Taliban’s Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development announced on Saturday the inauguration of a new water dam in Faryab province, aimed at irrigating hundreds of hectares of farmland.
According to a ministry statement, the dam, located in the
village of Qara Sheikhi in Khwaja Sabzposh district, was inaugurated by
Minister Mohammad Younis Akhundzada.
The statement said the dam measures 41.5 meters in length,
three meters in height, and 18 meters in width. It is expected to support
irrigation for hundreds of jeribs of agricultural land in the surrounding area.
The ministry noted that a similar water project in Ghazni
province had previously been destroyed by floods shortly after its completion.
