Kabul and Tehran have conflicting claims over the Helmand river’s water, but other mutual interests bind the two sides together despite this point of contention. Neither the Helmand River ...

But there are lasting legacies. There is now far better security in the most populated part of the province, the central belt of land along the Helmand River. Poppy growing has been pushed to the ...

Neither the Helmand River Treaty nor customary international law denies Afghanistan the right to construct dams over the Helmand River.