Officials in the Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) said that the survey work for the water transfer project to Kabul is nearing completion.

According to officials of this ministry, the project will provide drinking water for approximately two million residents of Kabul.

The head of survey and design at the ministry emphasized that the practical work of this project, extending over more than two hundred kilometers from Bazarak, the center of Panjshir, to the Tarkhil area in Kabul, will start soon. With the completion of this project, water will be supplied for two million people in Kabul.

"These are two cubic meters of water which are sufficient for approximately two million people. Currently, the population of Kabul is roughly between 4.5 to 5.5 million people, and this is not sufficient for the residents of Kabul,” said Mohammad Arif Momand, Head of Survey and Design at MoEW.

Meanwhile, the Governor of Panjshir said that the necessary facilities for starting the water transfer work from the Panjshir River to Kabul will be provided.

"Anything related to the province of Panjshir, our river basin, our administration, inshallah, will be fully at your service in every aspect, from security to any kind of cooperation that concerns us," said Mohammad Agha Hakim, governor of Panjshir.

The lack of water is a challenge that has always confronted the residents of Kabul and several provinces.

Some of the capital's residents say they are currently facing a serious water shortage and call on the Ministry of Energy and Water to pay attention to this issue.

"We have not had access to clean water; we have faced this problem several times where we had no water, and the water supply was cut off," said Faizullah, a resident of Kabul.

“Night and day, our children, the girls, are trying to get water with buckets in their hands, bringing water from wherever they can,” said Gul Agha, another resident of Kabul.

According to MoEW, transferring water from the Panjshir River to Kabul will cost about $170 million, which will be funded by the ministry's budget.