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Khost electricity revenue jumps in recent months

Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) office in southeastern Khost province collected over 100 million afghanis revenue in the past eight months, showing a surge in the revenue collection. DABS Head for Khost Eng. Folad told Pajhwok Afghan…

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Kabulis seek solution to excessive power outages

A number of Kabul residents complain that electricity is not distributed fairly among residents and prolonged power outages have created numerous problems for them, insisting on a solution. However, the power utility says it is trying to distribute…

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Power outages irk heat-wave stricken Jalalabad residents

The residents of Jalalabad City, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, are complaining about continued and prolonged electricity outages. They say most of the time during the day electricity goes out for several hours and that creates several…

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Baradar orders 24 hours power supply to industries

After a Pajhwok Afghan News report about complaints of industrialists regarding lack of electricity, the Deputy Prime Minister ordered that electricity must be supplied to industries 24 hours a day. Four days ago, Pajhwok published a report on…

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300 families provided with electricity in Panjshir

Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) in central Panjshir province on Saturday said that 300 families were equipped with imported electricity and some residents praised the move and asked for further extension of the service in the province. MulaviNasrullahMalikzadah,…

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Electricity from Uzbekistan to Kabul cut off

Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) on Tuesday said Uzbekistan's electricity to Afghanistan has been cut off due to a technical problem but Turkmenistan's power supply to capital Kabul has been connected for the first time. DABS said in…

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Uzbekistan reduces power supply to Afghanistan by 60pc

Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat says Uzbekistan has reduced electricity import to Afghanistan by 60 percent without coordination with the company, but the problem is expected to be addressed in a few days. According to DABS, Uzbekistan has reduced…

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Medicine, electricity shortage in Sarkano clinic resolved

Community Monitoring Group says the shortage of medicine and electricity problem in the Community Health Clinic (CHC) in Sarkano district of eastern Kunar province have been resolved. The two problems were resolved by the United Nations Development Program…

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Electricity consumers owe 26b afghanis to DABS

Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS)on Wednesday said that electricity consumers owed 26 billion afghanis in unpaid electricity bills to the power utility, giving a one month ultimatum to defaulters to clear their arrears. DABS says the defaulters would…

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Poor Parwan residents unable to pay power bills

Some residents of central Parwan province ask the government to be patient with electricity bills defaulters as some consumers in the province are not able to pay their arrears due to their poor economic situation and unemployment. Government…

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Iran agrees to supply 100MW more electricity to Afghanistan

Iran has agreed to supply another 100 megawatts of electricity to Afghanistan and is also ready to invest in wind power generation in Afghanistan. HekmatullahNaoorzai, a spokesman for Da Afghanistan BreshnaShirkat (DABS), told Pajhwok that a delegation of…

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‘Efforts on to ensure protection of power pylons’

Da Afghanistan BreshnaShirkat (DABS) acting head QariBadar has said that efforts are underway to ensure security and safety of electricity pylons and meetings in this regard would be held with local elders and Kabul district chiefs. He said…

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Technical fault in imported electricity resolved: DABS

Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) has said that it has fixed a technical problem at imported electricity from Uzbekistan, saying the power will be restored within a hour. A statement from DABS received by Pajhwok Afghan News stats…

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Electricity supply to Kabul suspended due to technical fault

Electricity supply from Uzbekistan has been cut off due to technical issues in the Dand-e-Shahabuddin area in northern Baghlan province, the Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) said on Thursday. Kabul and other provinces that supplied electricity from these…

Power shortage irks Farah residents in hot weather

The residents of this capital city of western Farah province complain they avail access to only one hour electricity in 24 hours since two months in temperature reaching 50 Celsius. Districts of the province have no electricity…

Continued electricity outages cripple health services

Electricity outages due to destruction of power pylons have not only raised concerns among people and created issues in different sectors, but also crippled health services, which even lead to the death of Covid-19 patients. Recently, the destruction…

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Electricity pylons blown up in Kabul’s Kalakan district

Two pylons of imported electricity blown up in the Kalakan district of Kabul province early on Friday, Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) said in a statement. The incident happened at around 4:45 am in the Mirzakehl locality, the…

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Power import agreement signed with Uzbekistan

KABUL and Uzbekistan have signed a 10-year electricity import agreement, a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Saturday. The agreement was signed on Friday during Acting Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar’s visit to Tashkent at the…

Mamati sentenced to 16-year in jail over blowing up pylons

The Attorney General Office (AGO) on Tuesday said that Mamati Salang was sentenced to 16-year in jail and millions of dollars cash fine over blowing up electricity pylons in Salang district last year. Dil Aqa, the resident…

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Bad governance behind electricity shortages, says IWA

KABUL Barishna Sherkat (DABS) has been unable to provide government’s electricity to 65 percent of the country’s population due to bad governance, a corruption watchdog said on Saturday. Integrity Watch Afghanistan, a non-government organization, in its report released on Saturday…

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Ghazni in darkness since 5 days after power cables cut

The power supply line to southern Ghazni province has been cut off in Maidan Wardak province five days ago, with the power utility engineers still unable to repair it due to security problems. The electricity line was…

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Taliban blamed for cutting off power supply to Herat

Local officials on Wednesday said Taliban militants had cut off the supply of electricity imported from Turkmenistan to western Herat province. Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the insurgents cut the power in Rabat…

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Herat residents default on 208m afs water bills

Several government departments, religious places and a number of residents in western Herat province owe around 208 million afghanis to the water supply department in unpaid bills. Ratib Hamim, head of the water supply and canalization in…

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