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"The karez is the main source of water for the village, but the Army has taken our karez and now it's inside the base," he said.

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The underground canals, called karez, originated in southwest Persia around 1,000 B.C. before migrating to Afghanistan.

Learning a Hard History Lesson in 'Talibanistan' 2009

The U.S. Army began designing the new borders of the base without considering the impact it would have on miles of underground canals called karez that have watered nearby fields for generations.

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The UNESCO study found that 70% of the aqueducts, known as karez, that were producing water in 2005 had since dried up and been abandoned.

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A bunch of the platoon’s soldiers were from farming states, and Cooper pointed out to me that the irrigation system used by the inhabitants of one particular farm was basically a series of ditches — known as a karez — dug along the slope of a hill to collect melted snow after the severe eastern Afghanistan winters.

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A bunch of the platoon’s soldiers were from farming states, and Cooper pointed out to me that the irrigation system used by the inhabitants of one particular farm was basically a series of ditches — known as a karez — dug along the slope of a hill to collect melted snow after the severe eastern Afghanistan winters.

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Water management for irrigation purposes, here in an above-ground channel or jui, but also in underground karez and qanat systems, is labor-intensive and predicated on cooperation.

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U.S. Army The karez originated in southwest Persia around 1000 B.C.

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"The resulting water production loss experienced by Bowragay Village karez system supports Taliban claims of base expansion negatively impacting the community and confounds counterinsurgency operations," the hydrologist's internal report said.

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