Severe Drought Adds to Afghanistan's Woes, Endangering Millions as Economy Collapses

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : The United Nations estimates that the drought is threatening the livelihood of up to 9 million Afghans and affecting 25 of the country's 34 provinces.
37% : Iran accuses Afghanistan of appropriating more than what it was supposed to keep under a 1973 water treaty between the two countries.
35% : Security officials in the now-toppled Afghan government accused Iran of propping up the Taliban to attack a dam project under construction in Nimruz province, which is meant to boost agriculture and irrigation, but which Iran fears will choke off water and dry up the Hamoun wetlands on its side of the border.

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