Disputes over water between Iran and Afghanistan are escalating. One Afghan newspaper, Weesa, suggests that Iran blocked the transport of fuel oil to Afghanistan in 2010 as a means to put more pressure on the country over water. An Iranian editorial calls for bolder action by the Foreign Ministry and states that any aid to Afghanistan should be linked to “Iran’s rights to water.” In 2011, Mullah Dadullah, a Taliban commander captured in southwestern Afghanistan by Afghan authorities, claims to have been trained in Iran to sabotage projects in Afghanistan, including being offered $50,000 to destroy the Kamal Khan Dam, a claim Iran has denied. Shakila Hakimi, a member of the Nimroz provincial council, accuses Iran in 2012 of conducting an insurgency in order to prevent construction of the Kamal Khan Dam.
