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Balkh: Amu River eats away villages in 2 districts

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MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The Amu River has swollen thousands of acres of land and inundated hundreds of homes in two districts of northern Balkh province during the past one and a half decades due to the government’s negligence, the affected residents say.

They say Uzbekistan consolidates the river’s banks each year on their side, pushing the water into Afghanistan side.

Local officials, who confirm the damage the river has caused to local residents, express their inability to consolidate the river’s banks as the . . .

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