The Sarda Dam (Pashto: د سردا بند) is located near the town of Sardeh Band, in the eastern part of Andar District of Ghazni Province of Afghanistan.

Education, development and modernization—like this dam, which still influences both flood control and irrigation downstream—played no small part in the Kremlin’s Afghan policy, which ultimately failed.

The NGOs who have conducted assessments on the dam are: International Engineering Consultancy Company, ACLU, LERCC and ARA (local NGO).

[4] "The Chardewal irrigation system was built to distribute water from the Bandee Sardi Dam throughout much of Andar, but due to neglect the canals have fallen into disrepair.

Currently, water flows at only 50 percent capacity, limiting the ability of local farmers of the Kahnjoor farming zone to make a living.

It is the first stage of a long term cash-for-work program aimed at restoring the irrigation system and rehabilitating the Kahnjoor farming zone.

Capacity building in this unstable district is considered the most critical mission for the development, reconstruction and stabilization efforts being made in Andar.

When discussing current drought conditions, Alhaj Allah Dad (Ghazni Senator) said: "The Bandi Sardi dam is full of mud.

[7] On 12 June 2002, a Lockheed MC-130H Hercules was participating in a night exfiltration mission to relocate some U.S. Army Special Forces from the area when it tried to take off from Sardeh Band Airport.