Tolo News: Hundreds of protestors on Monday flocked to Kabul streets to press government to review a controversial decision over Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Pakistan (TUTAP) electricity project, giving a one week deadline for their demands to be met. The protestors vowed more demonstrations unless government approves the implementation of the project through central regions of the country, mainly Bamiyan and
By Bruce Pannier May 8, 2016 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty The groundbreaking ceremony for the Central Asia-South Asia electricity transmission project, known as CASA-1000, is scheduled for May 12 in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. The leaders of Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Pakistan are coming to join Tajik President Emomali Rahmon for the event. Afghan President Ashraf
Khaama Press: Thousands of residents of central Bamyan province participated in a demonstration on Friday to protest against the change of TUTAP power project route from Bamyan to Salang. The protesters demanded from the government to implement the 500kV project from Bamyan, accusing the unity government leaders for remaining reckless in development of Bamyan province. Click here
1TV: Mohammad Muhaqqiq, the second deputy for Afghanistan’s Chief Executive, has claimed that rejecting Bamyan as the route for electricity transmission from Central Asia is ‘discriminatory’. Afghanistan’s cabinet on Saturday decided that the 500 kV electricity grid TUTAP would pass through Baghlan province despite demonstrations that demanded it to pass via Bamyan. Click here to read
Khaama Press: Officials in Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the state-run electricity supplying company, have said the price of imported electricity will be increased by 25 percent. DABS spokesman Wahidullah Tawhidi said the decision to increase the electricity price was taken due to the increase in the Dollar’s value against the Afghan currency. Click here to
Khaama Press: The $1.17 billion CASA-1000 power project will be inaugurated by the officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan next month. According to MoFA, the CASA-1000 project will pave the way for the transmission of electricity from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to Afghanistan and Pakistan through 1,250 kilometers of high voltage transmission line. Click here to read
Trend News Agency: A 146-kilometer Yoloten-Tahtabazar power transmission line has been constructed in Turkmenistan towards Afghanistan, the Turkmen government said March 26. After its commissioning, it will be possible to ensure a higher level of reliable energy supply not only for local consumers, but also for those in neighboring Afghanistan. Turkmenistan supplies electricity to Afghanistan on favorable terms.
Khaama Press: The electricity of capital Kabul was restored late on Monday evening after weeks of blackout following the destruction of electricity pylons in northern Baghlan province. The officials in Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, Afghanistan’s national power utility, said the technicians managed to repair the damaged pylons in Dand-e-Shahabuddin district of Baghlan after the area was cleared
Khaama Press: Javid Faisal, spokesman for Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah, told reporters in Kabul that the power lines have been fixed. Citing officials from Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), Faisal further added that the electricity will likely be reconnected by the end of the day. The electricity pylons were destroyed by the Taliban militants last month
KABUL, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) — Afghan security forces during operations against Taliban militants have killed six armed insurgents in the northern Jauzjan province with Shiberghan as its capital 390 km north of Kabul on Sunday, an army spokesman in the province, Reza Rezae said. “The clash erupted after Taliban militants attacked security checkpoints in Qoshtapa