Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 20, 2016 Electricity is expected to soon be restored in the Afghan capital, weeks after insurgents destroyed cables from Uzbekistan providing power to Kabul. Wahidullah Tawhidi, spokesman for the Afghan electricity directorate, said on February 20 that the military had cleared Taliban-linked fighters from the area of northern Baghlan Province
Tolo News: Ghulam Hussain, the head of Baghlan electricity department said on Friday that the authorities have managed to reconnect two circuits on the main transmission lines transferring electricity from Tajikistan to the Afghan capital Kabul. Click here to read more (external link).
By Farangis Najibullah Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 11, 2016 The Afghan government has sent a team of specialists to a northern province to repair electricity pylons blown up as fighting raged between security forces and Taliban insurgents. With the capital, Kabul, already facing blackouts since late January due to the destruction of several other
Tolo News: Officials from Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) in northern Baghlan province said Thursday insurgents have blown up another pylon and destroyed circuits in Baghlan and Kunduz respectively. This time the power from Tajikistan to Kabul has been disrupted. This comes after the recent blast that targeted a pylon in Dand-e-Shahabuddin in Baghlan. Click here to
AOPNEWS | February 10, 2016 Baghlan: Local officials announced today that over 130 Taliban militants have been killed and 95 have been wounded as a result of Afghan military operations against them through out the province. The provincial governor, Abdul Sattar Bariz, said that so far 2 Afghan soldiers have been killed and 6 have
AOPNEWS | February 9, 2016 Baghlan: Afghan security forces said today that the Taliban have suffered heavy causalities in Baghlani-e Markazi – 8 insurgents have been reported killed, and a dozen wounded. A military base was also recaptured. One Afghan policeman was reported injured. A resident reported that two children and a woman were wounded
AOPNEWS | February 8, 2016 Badakhshan: Afghan officials say that 5 Pakistani spies who were pretending to be doctors have been arrested. The provincial police chief said that 2 men and a woman were detained in Kisham district, and a woman and a man were arrested in Baharak district. An Afghan pulic health official said
Khaama Press: Mohammad Ibrahim Hashemi and Mohammad Musa Hashemi, both brothers and employees of Adib Radio, were attacked on their way home in the first police district of the city on Thursday night. Mohammad Ibrahim sustained serious injuries and went into a coma. His brother Mohammad Musa who survived the gun shots was wounded after being
Khaama Press: Security forces have been stationed in Dand Shahab-ud-Din area of Baghlan province in order to pave the way for the repair of power cables damaged during the recent clashes. Abdul Sattar Bariz, governor of Baghlan province said that the system would be repaired in two days. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press: A group of Taliban militants launched attack on electricity directorate in Pul-e-Khumri, the provincial capital of northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan. The attack was launched by a group of around 50 Taliban militants who have taken position in the electricity directorate in Band-e-Du area of the city. Click here to read more (external link).