Water Conflict: The Indus Treaty

This week, Pakistani intelligence officials complained that India has blocked off the rivers flowing into the country through Kashmir—an allegation, reports The Washington Post, that will likely keep troops along the Indian border even as the Pakistani army prepares for a major offensive against a powerful Taliban leader entrenched in its western westernmost region. Control of the rivers that run through the region has always been a potential source of conflict between the countries and, while the Indus Waters Treaty has long prompted both fears of a much-hyped nuclear water war, as well as optimism about the potential to solve such disputes through negotiations, water remains a strategic hurdle and potential spoiler to any peace process.World Bank Water Adiviser David Grey talks about the water issues South Asia faces. 

Mustafa Talpur, a water activist in Islamabad, talks about Pakistani water policies.

Indian writer and critic B.G. Vergese talks about Indian relations to Pakistan.

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