KABUL (Pajhwok): Besides causing a humanitarian disaster, the Amu River has submerged up to 25 kilometers of Afghanistan’s land and displaced thousands of families, officials said on Tuesday, urging national and internationals organizations to help prevent the annual erosion of the river’s banks.
The Amu River originates from the Pamir Mountains of northeastern Badakhshan province and flows 1,126 kilometers between Badakhshan, Takhar, Kunduz, Balkh and Jawzjan provinces of Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
Last year, residents of northern Kunduz and Takhar provinces told Pajhwok Afghan News that their agricultural lands and houses had been eaten away . . .
