ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan is continuously trying to engage the government of Afghanistan into dialogue for a possible water treaty in future or at least to
develop a mechanism for sharing of information between the countries.
In response to a question of Senator Dr Jehanzeb Jamaldini in the Senate, in a written
response on Tuesday, the government told that the sharing of information between
the two countries will include knowledge about the future impacts on the flows
from Afghanistan but so far the government of Afghanistan is non-responsive to the
initiative by the government of Pakistan.
The government of Afghanistan has reconstructed the hydropower projects destroyed
during the war including Kama and some other hydroelectric plants, therefore,
till to date there is no impact on the inflows in the common rivers with
Afghanistan.
However, there are certain new projects in the pipeline as per
information gathered from different sources. After the completion of the new
projects, there will be certainly some impact on the water inflows in the common
rivers.
An Afghanistan Cell has been established in the office of Pakistan Commissioner
for Indus Water which collects data from different sources and is monitoring
inflows on the common rivers with Afghanistan.