Editing Amu Darya (section)

===Resource extraction===
Since March 2022, the building of the 285&nbsp;km [[Qosh Tepa Canal]] has been underway in northern [[Afghanistan]] to divert water from the Amu Darya.<ref name="Eurasianet">{{cite web |title=Uzbekistan pursues dialogue with Afghanistan on fraught canal project |url=https://eurasianet.org/uzbekistan-pursues-dialogue-with-afghanistan-on-fraught-canal-project |publisher=Eurasianet |access-date=26 March 2023 |date=24 March 2023}}</ref> [[Uzbekistan]] has expressed concern that the canal will have an adverse effect on its agriculture.<ref name="Kun">{{cite web |last1=Safarov |first1=Ilyos |title="Толибон"ни Ўзбекистон учун фожиали канални қуришдан тўхтатиб бўладими? — экспертлар билан суҳбат |url=https://kun.uz/news/2023/02/10/tolibonni-ozbekiston-uchun-fojiali-kanalni-qurishdan-toxtatib-boladimi-ekspertlar-bilan-suhbat |publisher=Kun |access-date=26 March 2023 |language=Uzbek |date=10 February 2023}}</ref> The canal is also expected to make the [[Aral Sea]] disaster worse, and in 2023 Uzbek officials held talks on the canal with the Taliban.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Duffy |first1=Seamus |title=What Afghanistan's Qosh Tepa Canal Means for Central Asia |url=https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/what-afghanistans-qosh-tepa-canal-means-for-central-asia/ |website=The Diplomat |access-date=18 May 2023 |date=19 April 2023}}</ref> The Taliban has made the canal a priority, with images supplied by [[Planet Labs]] demonstrate that from April 2022 to February 2023, more than 100&nbsp;km of canal was excavated.<ref name="Economist"/> According to the Taliban, the initiative is expected to convert 550,000 hectares of desert into farmland.<ref name="Economist">{{cite web |title=The Taliban are digging an enormous canal |url=https://www.economist.com/asia/2023/02/16/the-taliban-are-digging-an-enormous-canal |publisher=The Economist |access-date=26 March 2023 |date=16 February 2023}}</ref>

In January 2023, the [[Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Company]] (aka CAPEIC) signed a $720 million four-year investment deal with the [[Taliban]] government of [[Afghanistan]] for extraction on its side of the Amu Darya basin. The deal will see a 15% royalty given to the Afghan government over the course of its 25-year term.<ref name="chwe">{{cite news |last1=Hoyt |first1=Conrad |title=Chinese company signs oil extraction deal with Taliban |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chinese-company-signs-oil-extraction-deal-with-taliban |publisher=Washington Examiner |date=6 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="toi">{{cite news |title=Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/chinese-firm-signs-deal-with-taliban-to-produce-oil-in-afghanistan/articleshow/96791253.cms |agency=Bloomberg |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co |date=6 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="otvml">{{cite news |title=Afghanistan's Taliban administration signs oil production deal with China |url=https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/afghanistans-oil-deal-china/ |agency=Offshore Technology |publisher=Verdict Media Limited |date=6 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="voaag">{{cite news |last1=Gul |first1=Ayaz |title=Taliban Seal Afghan Oil Deal With China |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/taliban-seal-afghan-oil-deal-with-china/6905840.html |publisher=Voice of America |date=5 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="cnndm">{{cite news |last1=Madhok |first1=Diksha |last2=Popalzai |first2=Ehsan |last3=Popalzai |first3=Masoud |title=A Chinese company has signed an oil extraction deal with Afghanistan's Taliban |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/06/business/china-company-taliban-oil-deal-hnk-intl/index.html |agency=Warner Bros. Discovery |publisher=Cable News Network |date=6 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="rmyy">{{cite news |last1=Yawar |first1=Mohammad Yunus |title=Afghanistan's Taliban administration in oil extraction deal with Chinese company |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/afghanistans-taliban-administration-oil-extraction-deal-with-chinese-company-2023-01-05/ |publisher=Reuters |date=5 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="ajmn">{{cite news |title=Afghanistan signs oil extraction deal with Chinese company |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/6/afghanistan-signs-oil-extraction-deal-with-chinese-company |publisher=Al Jazeera Media Network |date=6 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="bbcph">{{cite news |last1=Hoskins |first1=Peter |title=Taliban and China firm agree Afghanistan oil extraction deal |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64183083 |publisher=BBC |date=6 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="ssf">{{cite news |language=fr |last1=SEIBT |first1=Sébastian |title=Pourquoi la Chine se laisse tenter par le pétrole des Taliban |url=https://www.france24.com/fr/éco-tech/20230110-pourquoi-la-chine-se-laisse-tenter-par-le-pétrole-des-taliban |publisher=France24 |date=10 January 2023}}</ref> The Chinese see this basin as the third-largest potential gas field in the world.<ref name=ssf/>