Qushtepa Canal
The Qosh Tepa Canal, is a canal being built in northern Afghanistan to divert water from the Amu Darya. The main canal is expected to be 285 km long and the overall initiative seeks to convert 550,000 hectares of desert into farmland.
The Qosh Tepa Canal begins in Balkh Province and is expected to end in Faryab while passing through Jowzjan The Taliban-run government of Afghanistan has made the canal a priority project and the construction begun in early 2022. Images supplied by Planet Labs showed that from April 2022 to February 2023 more than 100 km of the canal had been excavated.
.Project Name | Project Sector | Status |
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Qushtepa Canal | Government | Completed |