Afghanistan is one of the riparian countries sharing the Upper Indus Basin with China, India and Pakistan. The Upper Indus Basin Network (UIB-N), which was established in Pakistan in 2014, is gearing up to expand into the other three countries, including Afghanistan. With deliberations around this scheduled at the UIB-N Workshop in Kathmandu on 24 and 25 April 2018, ICIMOD’s SWaRMA initiative held a side event with delegates from Afghanistan on 23 April 2018. The objective of the side event was to introduce the principles behind UIB-N, and share research experiences related to climate change and its impact on water resources.