Khwaga Kakar on the Water Management in Afghanistan (Part 1)
Channel: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Date: 2013-12-16

Water is a critical issue in Afghanistan as the country itself faces situations of water stress and scarcity and also neighbours like Iran and Pakistan depend on the water from the river basins that flow out of Afghanistan. It is therefore one of the most important issues the country is dealing with when it comes to sharing those water resources for the irrigation of vast territories with its neighbors. 

Khwaga Kakar is Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan and Researcher on Water Issues. She is as well one of the authors of the Human Development Report 2013 (www.undp.org).

In this interview conducted at the Heinrich Böll Foundation's event "Afghanistan's Transition in the Making? Natural Resources, Conflict and Development" in Berlin on October 28, 2013, Kakar explains the situation of Afghanistan concerning its water management -- and answering the following questions: 
Is the country a water-rich or a water-poor country?
What vulnerablities do Afghans actually face due to the water situation?

Watch also the second part of the interview on http://youtu.be/sbaRVb1Enw4.

More on the transition of Afghanistan on www.boell.de and on this channel in the following interviews with:
Renard Sexton http://youtu.be/TiRbeBJzamQ; 
and Javed Noorani http://youtu.be/31jWvBrhETs (part 1) and http://youtu.be/Dk9LeHw70nA (part 2).

Interview: Marion Regina Müller (Country Representative/Advisor Heinrich Böll Foundation, Afghanistan)

Kamera: Jelena Nikolic