List of dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan
Dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan are used for irrigation, water supply, hydro-electric power generation or combination of these. All the dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan are listed below.
Location map of major reservoirs and dams
List of major reservoirs and dams in Afghanistan
| Dam | Location | Impounds | Purpose | Dam Type | Storage capacity | Height | Length | Year Completion | ||
| Naghlu Dam | Surobi District, Kabul Province | Kabul River | Hydroelectricity | Gravity | 550,000,000 m3 | 110 m | 280 m | 75 MW | 1968 | |
| Qargha | Kabul Province | Paghman River | Reservoir | 5,000 ha | 30 metres | 450 m | N/A | 1933 | ||
| Shah wa Arus Dam | Kabul Province | Shakardara River | Irrigation | Concrete Gravity | 180,000 m3 | 75 m | 1.2MW | Under Construction | ||
| Surobi Dam | Surobi District, Kabul Province | Kabul River | Hydroelectricity | 22.8MW | ||||||
| Mahipar Dam | Kabul Province | Logar River | Hydroelectricity | 66 MW | 1967 | |||||
| Darunta Dam | Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province | Kabul River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | 11.5 MW | 1960 | 40MW original capacity | ||||
| Band-e Amir | Bamyan Province | |||||||||
| Kajaki Dam | Helmand Province | Helmand River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | 1,715×106 m3 | 100 m | 270 m | 52.5 MW | 1953 | ||
| Grishk Dam | Helmand Province | Helmand River | Hydroelectricity | |||||||
| Dahla Dam | Kandahar Province | Arghandab River | Irrigation | 55 m | 535 m | 1952 | ||||
| Afghan-India Friendship Dam | Chishti Sharif District, Herat Province | Hari River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | Embankment | 633×106 m3 | 107.5 m | 551 m | 42 MW | 2016 | |
| Sardeh Band Dam | Andar District, Ghazni Province | Gardez River | Irrigation | 259,000,000 m3 | 1967 | |||||
| Band-e Sultan | Ghazni Province | Ghazni River | Irrigation | 10th Century | ||||||
| Chaki Wardak Dam | Chaki Wardak District, Wardak Province | Logar River | Irrigation | 1938 | Oldest modern dam | |||||
| Sar-e-Haus Dam | ||||||||||
| Surkhab Dam | Logar Province | |||||||||
| Kamal Khan Dam | Chahar Burjak District, Nimruz Province | Helmand River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | 16 m | 2.274 km | 8 MW | Phase III under construction | |||
| Zana Khan Dam | ||||||||||
| Bakhsh-Abad Dam | Farah province |
Dams and reservoirs under construction in various parts of Afghanistan
- Aino Mina dam and reservoir in the city of Kandahar.
- Band-e Pashdan, a $117 million project in Herat province in western Afghanistan.
- Shahtoot Dam in the Char Asiab District of Kabul Province, which will cost around $230 million to build.
- Manogi Power Dam in Kunar province, which will generate approximately 1000 MW of electricity.
- Kunar Dam in Surtak in Kunar province, to be constructed in the next 12 years after 2013.
- Two dams in Baghlan Province One is named Pul-e-Khumri Dam.