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<p><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a>, a natural gas power plant has started test operation, the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) said on Monday.</p>
<p>In a statement, the ministry said the power plant was activated in Shiberghan City of Jawzjan province.</p>
<p>It said the plant produced electricity from natural gas and has the capacity of producing 40MW of power. The Bayat Power-funded project has been activated on test basis.</p>
<p>The MoMP statement thousands of families in Sar-i-Pul, Jawzjan and Faryab provinces would be supplied electricity from the power plant.</p>
<p>Qader Khan Mutafa, MoMP spokesman, told Pajhwok that the power plant cost $12 million contributed by the Asian Development Bank.</p>
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