The Shah wa Arus Dam (Dari: بند شاه عروس; Pashto: د شاه و عروس بند) is located in the Shakardara District of Kabul Province in Afghanistan, about 20 mi (32 km) northwest of the capital Kabul.

[2] The Shah wa Arus Dam provides irrigation water to 3,500 ha (8,600 acres) of land.

Construction of Shah wa Arus Dam has long been proposed by Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW).

The bidding deadline for the dam construction was 24 March 2014, when an Iranian company known as Tablieh and Parhoon Tarh JV was chosen as the main contractor for the project.

[5][3] It was to build the Shah-wa-Arus irrigation and hydropower project, which included a rock-filled dam, intake, powerhouse, pickup weir with balancing reservoir and head regulators, and right and left side main canals.