Thirty-two villages in Khak-i-Jabar district of central Kabul province would be electrified soon, the town’s administrative chief said Sunday. Qazi Sulaiman told a gathering in the district that local residents had demanded electricity in 2012 and later the…
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) on Thursday said Iran has cut short electricity supply to Afghanistan due to the rise in temperature and reducing water level in the neighboring country’s dams. Amanullah Ghalib, DABS general head, told…
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) on Thursday said Iran has cut short electricity supply to Afghanistan due to the rise in temperature and reducing water level in the neighboring country’s dams. Amanullah Ghalib, DABS general head, told…
Government departments, including the governor’s office and police headquarters, in central Logar province default on electricity bills amounting to 23 million afghanis, officials say. Noorudin Stanikzai, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) head for Logar, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Two electricity sub-stations have been put into service in northern Kunduz province at a cost of $ 32 million, the governor said on Monday. Governor Abdul Jabar Naemi told in a gathering here that the first project…
Power department officials in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday said 80 percent of electricity shortage was resolved with installation of a new 20-megawatt transformer. The officials said it was the fourth transformer to be installed in the province,…
Work on two electricity projects has resumed after being brought to a halt two months ago due to threats from insurgents, an official said Sunday. Humayon Syed KarimYousufi, Da Afghanistan Breshana Shirkat (DABS) director for Samangan, acknowledged the…
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok)” Electricity supply to central capital Kabul blew up pylons in northern Baghlan province halting the supply, an official said. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) director in northern Baghlan province, Sultan Mohammad Azizi, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban…
The Taliban through northern Baghlan province. Baghlan power utility department on Sunday said electricity supply to Kabul would be restored as tribal elders had reached an agreement with the Taliban in Baghlan over the issue. Sultan Ahmad Azizi,…
KABUL by around 3.5 afghanis per kilowatt, a statement from the Presidential Palace said Monday. The new price would be effective from July this year, announced by Uzbekistan special representative for Afghanistan Esmatullah Erghashif during a meeting with President Ashraf…
Efforts are underway to resolve the issue of electricity shortage in this eastern city of Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, during this fast approaching summer and Ramazan, an official said on Wednesday. Da Afghanistan Brishna Sherkat (DABS)…
Nangarhar Chamber of Commerce and Industry officials say investments have increased in the province compared to the past and could further increase if problem facing security and electricity resolved. Shakirullah Safi, spokesman for the provincial Chamber of Commerce…
Residents, civil society activists and public representatives Monday demanded a permanent solution to the electricity issue in eastern Nangarhar province. The demand was made at a protest gathering in front of the governor’s house in Jalalabad, the provincial…
Electricity supply to central capital Kabul blew up pylons in northern Baghlan province, fracturing the supply, the power utility said on Monday. In Kabul, Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) said militants destroyed the pylon with a bomb some…
Around 2,400 power consumers in Gardez, the capital of southeastern Paktia province, were on Tuesday connected with permanent imported electricity supply from Tajikistan, an official said. Mohammad Asif Niyazi, Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) head for Paktia, told…
KABUL’s transit routes were being expanded and the country would become self-sufficient in terms of electricity in the next four years. President Ghani, addressing a three-day ‘Third National Industry Expo’ on the last day in Badam Bagh area of Kabul,…
A number of residents and provincial council members have accused Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) office in western Herat province of taking extra money from customers. DABS, the power distribution authority, has more than 252,000 customers in…
Taliban militants have cut electricity supply to the capital and four districts of northwestern Faryab province, depriving 57,000 families of the facility. Qari Wakil, Taliban chief for Khwaja Sabzposh district, told Pajhwok Afghan News they had cut power…
KABUL Breshna Shirkat (DABS) on Tuesday inaugurated a 400-kilowatts electricity transformer, equipping hundreds of homes with new electricity in Kabul. Eng. Mohammad Tamim Safi, deputy head operations at DABS, told the transformer’s inauguration ceremony in Kampani area that the electricity…
More than 80 consumers of two power supply towers in capital Kabul owe 28 million afghanis in unpaid electricity bills while some used direct hooks illegally. A copy of documents from Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) obtained by…
Taliban Breshna Sherkat (DABS) in Sangin district of southern Helmand province on Sunday, an official said. The power utility workers were repairing power cables, which had been cut off during clashes in the district, when they were…
KABUL Breshna Sherkat (DABS) (power utility) on Sunday gave next 10 days to government departments and officials to clear their power bills amounting to seven billion afghanis or their names would be made public. Talking to Pajhwok Afghan News in…
Residents of the capital of southern Ghazni province complain about the high tariff of government-supplied electricity, saying many families are unable to pay bills. Mohammad Sarir, an inhabitant of Ghazni City, told Pajhwok Afghan News the price…
KABUL could become self-sufficient in electricity production and irrigation, an official said Saturday. Amanullah Ghalib, deputy energy and water minster, told Pajhwok Afghan News the government had completed the feasibility study of 21 small and medium size dams. He said…
