The Ministry of Energy and Water on Tuesday asked construction companies to invest in the energy sector, but the Construction Companies Association claimed only blue-eyed companies received project contracts. Acting Water and Energy Minister Eng. Mohammad Gul Khulami,…
KABUL energy self-sufficient would be completed in a month’s time, the Ministry of Energy and Water said on Monday, acknowledging that 54 percent of the country’s areas still lacked the facility. Speaking at a two-day seminar of the South Asian…
The Ministry of Energy and Water has invites local and international investors to submit expressions of interest (EOIs) in investing in 20 renewable energy projects in different parts of the country.. The 100mw package is aimed to ensure…
The two presidential candidates, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, are headed for a dead heat in Saturday’s run-off election, with the latter gaining a three percent lead, a latest opinion poll, based on face-to-face interviews…
As rescuers battled on Sunday to deliver aid to the affected families after devastating floods in northern Baghlan province, officials said so far at least 91 bodies have been recovered from floodwaters and under the rubble of washed…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
KABUL): A bidding process for oil and gas extraction in the 31000 square kilometres Afghan-Tajik basin in the northeast would start on March 7, an official said on Saturday. Six oil and gas zones were recently identified in the energy-deficient…
JALALABAD (PAN): Power supply from the Naghlu dam to eastern Nangarhar province meets the need of only 40 percent residents of Jalalabad, the provincial capital, an official said on Friday. Almost 65,000 families are living in the city and if…
HERAT CITY (PAN): At the head of a delegation, the governor of western Herat province on Wednesday left for Turkmenistan to discuss cooperation in energy and trade sectors, his deputy said. Deputy Governor Asil Din Jami told Pajhwok Afghan News…
KABUL): Some Kabul residents have alleged electricity remains cut off to their houses but commercial centres and government buildings are enjoying an uninterrupted supply. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) says the main reason behind power outages is heavy load on…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Residents of southern Helmand province on Tuesday complained they had electricity supply for just 12 hours every four days. The existing power supply level did not meet their needs, said a resident of the Karta Lagan area on…
KABUL): The price of electricity imported from neighbouring Uzbekistan has jumped from $3 million (148 million afghanis) to $9 million six months ago, officials said on Monday. The imported power was mostly supplied to Kabul, Parwan, and Baghlan provinces, Mirwais…
KABUL): The price of electricity imported from neighbouring Uzbekistan has jumped from $3 million (148 million afghanis) to $9 million six months ago, officials said on Monday. The imported power was mostly supplied to Kabul, Parwan, and Baghlan provinces, Mirwais…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Residents of Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, say electricity remains suspended for 22 hours a day in the city, but officials promise solving the problem soon. "We have the light for two hours in 24 hours…
KABUL): Five thousands families in 48 villages were on Saturday provided electricity in Char Asiab district of central Kabul province, an official said on Saturday. Da Afghanistan Brishna Shirkat Executive Director Abdul Razaq Samadi said 24 transformers, each having the…
