Water Supply Obligations
Under an accord signed between Iran and Afghanistan in 1972, Afghanistan is obliged to release at least water at a rate of 910 cubic feet per second (26 m3/s). The Taliban briefly stopped the flow of water to Iran when the latter threatened to attack in retaliation for the killing of Iranians who were claimed to be diplomats in Mazari Sharif when the Taliban retook the city from the Northern Alliance the second time. During that time Helmand valley was going through a five year drought. As a result, Iran's famous Hamun-e Helmand lake dried up as did other regional pastures, leading to the death of flora, fauna, cattle and birds in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran.
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