he Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) on Tuesday signed a power supply project worth more than 1.8 billion afghanis with a domestic private firm to provide electricity to Qush Tepa and Darzab districts in northern Jawzjan province.
The residents of western Ghor province have asked the government to resume work on a solar energy project which was launched in the previous government but remains incomplete. Work on the solar energy project was kicked off 10…
Local officials in northeastern Takhar province say a hydroelectric dam with the capacity of producing 30 kilowatt of electricity has been inaugurated in Yangi Qala district of the province. Mufti Mohammad Daud, Yangi Qala district chief, said that…
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) or power utility has once again called on all former government officials, politicians and powerful individuals to pay their outstanding electricity bills DABS today issued a newsletter urging all former government defaulters, politicians…
Local officials on Thursday said 45 transformers have been put into use in Arghandi area of capital Kabul that would help electrify 12,000 homes. A statement from the Ministry of Water and Energy to Pajhwok Afghan News said…
Seven power transformers have been installed and activated in Khak-i-Jabbar district of capital Kabul, electrifying 1,200 households, officials said Wednesday. The power stations were activated in Malakhel, Khur Kabul, Chakri and Malang areas of the district. A statement…
At least three poles of imported electricity have been blown up and damaged in Qachandara area of northern Samangan province, officials said on Saturday. Da Afghanistan BreshnaShirkat officials in Samangan in a statement said the poles were dynamited…
Taliban say they do not want monopoly on power, but are also against coalition governments which had proven futile throughout the history of Afghanistan. Dr. Mohammad Naeem, Taliban’s spokesman for Qatar office, tweeted that the group’s deputy chief…
KABUL’s electricity requirement, says the Iranian ambassador. Bahador Aminian said while addressing the opening ceremony for "Water, Electricity and Renewable Energy Exhibition" in Kabul on Wednesday. He noted the two countries had a whole host of opportunities to boost bilateral…
KABUL Breshna Shirkat (DABS) said on Thursday. In a statement, DABS said the power transmission line was cut due to a firefight between the security forces and Taliban in the Gazan area of Doshi district. The power utility added the…
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, during his trip to…
Electricity pylons in western Herat province have been blown up by Taliban, local officials said Wednesday. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) or power utility officials in Herat say power pylons, which import electricity from Turkmenistan and Iran,…
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 vows. President Ghani, who is running…
KABUL 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 the 10 individuals as Bakht Mohammad Zadran, a senior advisor to CEO…
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. Ghulam Sakhi Wakilzada, head…
KABUL 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 DABS head, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the…
Taliban 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 governor’s spokesman, confirmed to Pajhwok Afghan News the workers were freed by…
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 province…
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 recently said electricity supply…
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 Governor Mohammad Asif…
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 Facebook account special police…
