Naghlu Dam Surobi District, Kabul Province Kabul River Hydroelectricity Gravity 550,000,000 m3 (445,892 acre⋅ft) 110 m (361 ft) 280 m (919 ft) 75 MW 1968 [2] Qargha Kabul Province Paghman River Reservoir 5,000 ha (12,000 acres) 30 metres (98 ft) 450 m (1,480 ft) N/A 1933 Shah wa Arus Dam Kabul Province Shakardara River Irrigation Concrete Gravity 180,000 m3 (146 acre⋅ft) 75 m (246 ft) 1.2MW Under Construction Surobi Dam Surobi District, Kabul Province Kabul River Hydroelectricity 22.8MW [3] Mahipar Dam Kabul Province Logar River Hydroelectricity 66 MW 1967 [4][5] 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 (1,390,373 acre⋅ft) 100 m (328 ft) 270 m (886 ft) 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 (Salma Dam) Chishti Sharif District, Herat Province Hari River Hydroelectricity, Irrigation Embankment (earth & rock-fill) 633×106 m3 (513,181 acre⋅ft) 107.5 m (353 ft) 551 m (1,808 ft) 42 MW 2016 [6] Sardeh Band Dam Andar District, Ghazni Province Gardez River Irrigation 259,000,000 m3 (209,975 acre⋅ft) 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