KABUL (Pajhwok): The Energy Ministry in Tehran has devised a plan to meet Afghanistan ’s electricity requirement, says the Iranian ambassador. Bahador Aminian said while addressing the opening ceremony for "Water, Electricity and Renewable Energy...
KABUL (Pajhwok): A power transmission line from Uzbekistan to Kabul was damaged during a clash in northern Baghlan province, Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) said on Thursday. In a statement, DABS said the power transmission line was cut due to...
MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A natural gas power plant worth $40 million has been inaugurated in Shebrghan, the capital of northwestern Jawzjan province, officials said Thursday. The project was inaugurated by Hamayon Qayumi, senior advisor to the president,...
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Electricity pylons in western Herat province have been blown up by Taliban militants for a sixth time this solar year , local officials said Wednesday. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) or power utility officials in Herat...
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani’s promise to supply electricity to all districts of Afghanistan in two years seems impracticable. Expertsview the promise asan unrealistic election campaign slogan, saying people should not believe in such...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Power utility Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) on Wednesday disconnected electricity supply to 10 major defaulters including some high former and current government officials in Kabul. Khalid Stanekzai, DABS head, identified...
MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Local officials in northern Faryab province claim Taliban militants not only collect electricity bills from around 40,000 households in rural areas but are also trying to threaten consumers in areas under the government control...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) officials in northern Samangan province say a number of government departments and telecom companies default on power bills amounting to more than 24 million afghanis. Ghufran Rasikh, deputy...
MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): Taliban have released more than a dozen Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) workers after abducting them two weeks ago in Badpakh district of eastern Laghman province, an official said Sunday. Asadullah Dawlatzai, the Laghman...
KABUL (Pajhwok): A case involving non-payment of wages worth hundreds of thousands of afghanis for the digging of foundations for power pylons and claims of up to 1.6 million afghanis embezzlement in the electricity supply project in central Parwan...
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Officials and residents of southern Kandahar province say power supply should not be cut during installation of a new turbine at the Kajaki dam in neighbouring Helmand. Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) officials...
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A contract to increase the voltage of electricity imported from Turkmenistan was signed between Da Afghnaistan Breshna Shirak and a Chinese company in western Herat province on Saturday. At the contract signing ceremony, Herat...
KABUL /PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Wednesday said the Dand-i-Shahabuddin area of northern Baghlan province, where power pylons were blown up, had been cleared of the insurgents. MoI spokesman Seddiq Seddiqi wrote on his...
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Taliban say the would allow repairs of a power transmission line if an ongoing operation in Dand-i-Ghori district is stopped, mediators said on Monday. The militants blew up a power pylon in Dand-i-Shahabuddin area on the...
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Officials of eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday spurned reports that power supply from the Naghlu dam had been diverted to Kabul . Over the past few days, power supply has been cut off to the eastern province. There have...
CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Thursday inaugurated a power substation in central Parwan province, benefitting thousands of families in Parwan, Kapisa and Panjsher provinces. The substation built with...