Prospect: The 500 kv pipeline is being routed away from the Hazara-majority Bamiyan Province in central Afghanistan over the Salang Pass (a mountain pass connecting northern Afghanistan with Parwan Province, which lies next door to Kabul on its North Eastern border with connections to Kabul Province and southern Afghanistan). Over the past few weeks, demonstrations have been seen in Bamiyan, Mazar-e Sharif, Ghazni, Daikundi, Baghlan and Herat as well as in a number of western capitals, including Washington, Stockholm, Berlin, Tokyo and London. Click here to read more (external link).