Karaste Canal

The Karaste Canal is an irrigation canal in Tagab District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.cite news
url=http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Article.337.aspx
title=Keeping Water Flowing to Farmlands
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accessdate=2008-10-07
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fafghanistan.usaid.gov%2Fen%2FArticle.337.aspx&date=2008-10-07 mirror] ] The canal draws water from the Tagab River.

The canal was initially constructed in the 1970s, but had functioned for only a single season.Reconstruction of the canal began in 2005, with US assistance, and was completed in 2007.

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