{"id":10422,"date":"2026-04-09T12:50:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/09\/fao-rebuilds-water-canal-sar-e-pol-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:50:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:50:40","slug":"fao-rebuilds-water-canal-sar-e-pol-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/09\/fao-rebuilds-water-canal-sar-e-pol-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"FAO Rebuilds 5.3-Kilometer Water Canal in Sar-e Pol to Benefit 7,000 Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations announced the ongoing reconstruction of a 5.33-kilometer water canal in Sar-e Pol province. Once completed, the project is expected to provide water access to approximately 7,000 people. The canal will also enable the irrigation of 304 hectares of agricultural land.<\/p>\n<p>According to FAO, the canal is located in the &#8220;Bazaar Kohna&#8221; area of Sar-e Pol province. Its reconstruction is part of the organization&#8217;s support programs aimed at strengthening agriculture and water resource management in vulnerable regions. Sar-e Pol is one of the provinces where many residents rely heavily on farming and livestock, making water scarcity a significant challenge.<\/p>\n<p>FAO also reported that in 2025, it constructed around 10 small water dams known as &#8220;check dams.&#8221; These dams have played a role in reducing flood risks and replenishing groundwater.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Taliban administration has stated that following recent rains, most of the country&#8217;s water dams have been filled. However, independent details regarding the actual water reserves and their management have not been widely disclosed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAO is rebuilding a 5.3 km water canal in Sar-e Pol, Afghanistan, improving water access for 7,000 people and irrigating 304 hectares of farmland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}