Taliban on Thursday inaugurated the Pashdan Dam in Herat province in a ceremony attended by Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s deputy chief minister for economic affairs, calling the project vital for the region.
The dam is located about 25 kilometers northeast of Herat city, in Karukh district. Taliban Minister of Energy and Water Abdul Latif Mansoor said the project cost $117 million, funded from the national budget.
The dam will store about 54 million cubic meters of water, irrigate 13,000 hectares of land and generate about 2 megawatts of electricity, he said.
