Kamal Khan Dam (; ) is a gravity dam in the Nimruz Province of Afghanistan, which is owned and operated by the nation's Ministry of Energy and Water. It is located on the Helmand River in the Chahar Burjak District of the province, about southeast of Zaranj. Its power station produces up to 9 MW of hydroelectricity in addition to providing irrigation to about of agricultural land. Its reservoir has the capacity to store up to 52 million cubic meters of fresh water.
History
Work on the Kamal Khan Dam originally began in 1974, but after the 1978 Saur Revolution the project was abandoned. It resumed in 2017 during the Presidency of Ashraf Ghani. The first phase of the project began on 19 April 2017. The second phase in March of 2021, and its third and final phase in February of 2025.
Under the 1973 Helmand River water-sharing treaty, Afghanistan provides to neighboring Iran up to 850 million cubic meters of water annually through the Kamal Khan Dam.
See also List of dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan List of rivers of Afghanistan Water supply in Afghanistan
References
External links (Ariana News, Feb. 6, 2025)