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Afghanistan’s Ministry of Water and Energy said it completed one water-management project in Nazian district, Nangarhar, and opened work on another in Spin Ghar district on 8 October. The completed Nazian works included 12 check dams, 11 kilometres of canal, four karez headworks, bridges, culverts and retaining walls; the stated project cost was US$1,784,990.
The second project, in the Chaklazi area of Spin Ghar, comprises 13 check dams, wetlands, conveyance canals and rehabilitation of a karez, at a stated cost of US$1,997,384. The ministry said the projects are intended to manage and store floodwater and support irrigation. The second project has been launched, not completed; the release gives no measured water volumes or completed irrigated area.