Electricity supply from Uzbekistan to Afghanistan cut off as a result of damage to power lines

Electric power imported from Uzbekistan was drastically cut in 11 Afghan provinces, including Kabul, after “anti-government armed militants destroyed two power pylons in the northern province of Baghlan,” TOLO News reports with reference to the power supply company De Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS).

“The incident occurred approximately at 10 a.m. on Sunday when the two pylons were blown up by explosives,” DABS spokesman Wahidullah Tawhidi said.

A large portion of the electricity is used by factories in Kabul’s industrial parks in the east of the city.

Some Kabul residents blamed the government of its failure to build sufficient infrastructure.

Power transmission lines in Afghanistan have been damaged many times over the past year.