Water war between Iran and the Taliban

**Clashes on the Iranian-Afghan border come as no surprise, and conflict between the Shiite muslim Republic of Iran and the Sunni muslim Emirate of Afghanistan is inevitable, though both sides will search to mitigate it. The immediate origin of the clashes was the dispute over the waters of the Helmand River, which in turn fits into the paradigm of conflict between the advanced and lower reaches of strategical rivers. **