MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Taliban insurgents forced a halt to work on Dehandara Dam in Pashtunkot district of northwestern Faryab province through threatening letters to engineers, local officials said Sunday.
But the Taliban said they would not allow construction work on the Dehandara Dam until losses local residents suffered were compensated.
Work on the Dehandara Dam was launched in 2017. It is the country’s fight biggest dam with 67 metres of height and the capacity to store 20 million cubic meters of water.
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