{"id":9943,"date":"2026-04-04T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/04\/kabul-river-refilled-after-heavy-rainfall-drought\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T09:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:00:34","slug":"kabul-river-refilled-after-heavy-rainfall-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/04\/kabul-river-refilled-after-heavy-rainfall-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Kabul River Refilled After Years of Drought Following Heavy Rainfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After several days of heavy and continuous rainfall, the Kabul River has once again been replenished. Residents of the capital reported on Saturday, April 3rd, a significant rise in the river&#8217;s water level, describing it as an unprecedented event in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>According to several locals, the Kabul River, which had faced severe water shortages in past years due to declining rainfall and successive droughts, now presents a markedly different appearance. They say the rising water level has sparked hope for an improvement in the city\u2019s water resources.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, social media users have shared photos and videos of the now-full Kabul River, noting that after many years, it has finally filled up again. These images have received widespread attention among citizens.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, Kabul has experienced intense rainfall that has not only contributed to the river\u2019s replenishment but also caused flooding in some areas. The Kabul River is one of the country\u2019s important water routes, flowing through the city center, and has historically played a vital role in supplying water and enhancing the natural beauty of the capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavy rains refill Kabul River after years of drought, bringing hope for water resource improvement and causing flooding in parts of the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-social-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9943","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=9943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}