| Shahtoot Storage Dam | |
| Location: | Char Asiab District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan |
| Operator: | Afghanistan |
| Dam Height: | 1130NaN0 |
| Dam Width Base: | 600NaN0 |
| Cost: | $236 million |
| Res Capacity Total: | 2500000000NaN0 |
| Dam Type: | Gravity |
| Location Map: | Afghanistan |
| Coordinates: | 34.4317°N 68.8342°W |
Shahtoot Dam is a proposed dam in the Char Asiab District of Kabul Province, in eastern Afghanistan. The establishment of the dam will provide drinking, irrigation and environmental water for the city of Kabul.[1] The cost of this project is estimated to be about US$236 million.[2] The feasibility study of the project had costed $1.86 million, which was completed in 2012. The return per year would be about US$2 million per year. The dam will be constructed by engineers from India.[3] [4] [5] The Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water inked an agreement with the Poyab Company of Iran under which the Iranian firm would complete the design of Shahtoot dam.[6] Speaking on the occasion, Ismail Khan said the Shahtoot dam will provide potable water to more than 2 million residents of Kabul, in addition to the irrigation of 4,000 hectares of land in Char Asiab and neighboring districts. The dam will also provide clean drinking water to the Deh Sabz District.