Water wars: Afghanistan and Iran’s deadly border flare-up spotlights scarcity crisis

Water wars: Afghanistan and Iran’s deadly border flare-up spotlights scarcity crisis

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Iran and Afghanistan are going head to head over control of the supply of a crucial resource that’s shrinking by the day: water. Violence along the border between the two tumultuous countries flared up in recent weeks, stoked by a dispute over the water flowing from Afghanistan’s Helmand river…

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