{"id":71533,"date":"2025-11-01T12:37:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=71533"},"modified":"2025-11-01T16:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:44:58","slug":"kunar-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kunar-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Kunar River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kunar River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Delhi recently extended its support to Afghanistan to build a dam over the Kunar River, which it shares with Pakistan, at a time when the two nations are at loggerheads.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kunar River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kunar River, also known as the <\/span><b>Kama River,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a long and important river.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows for about <\/span><b>480 kilometers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (298 miles) <\/span><b>through northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This river<\/span><b> starts high up in the Hindu Kush mountains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>waters come from melting glaciers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and snow.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>In Pakistan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this river is known as the<\/span><b> Chitral River.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>tributary of the Kabul River.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> Kabul River then flows into<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the much larger<\/span><b> Indus River.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This makes the Kunar River part of the Indus watershed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kunar River <\/span><b>begins <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">just<\/span><b> south of the Broghil Pass.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This area is in the upper part of the Chitral District in <\/span><b>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is very <\/span><b>close to the border with Afghanistan,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known as the <\/span><b>Durand Line.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the river flows, it passes through different regions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>eventually reaches Jalalabad in Afghanistan.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Here, the Kunar River <\/span><b>joins the Kabul River.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On its left side, the <\/span><b>Shishi River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> joins it. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\">On its right side, rivers like the <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Lotkoh <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River, the<\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> Landai Sin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River, and the<\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> Pech River <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">add their waters.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/explainers\/taliban-kunar-river-dam-plan-pakistan-afghanistan-conflict-india-help-13946666.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kunar River flows for about 480 kilometers (298 miles) through northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. 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