After widespread protests in Kabul, the Presidential Palace on Monday announced the government would follow suggestions of the special commission tasked with reviewing the multinational power project route. The Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TUTAP) power project will import 500kv of electricity…
KABUL Pajhwok): Vice-President Mohammad Karim Khalili’s call on Monday convinced thousands of people to end a mammoth protest in the heart of Kabul against the route of a multi-country power project. The angry protestors asked the government to execute the…
Hundreds of protestors in the capital Kabul on Monday demanded implementation of a multinational power project through central Bamyan province, accusing the government of discrimination. The Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TUTAP) power project will import 500kv of electricity from the Central…
Thousands of people on Sunday rallied in eastern Nangarhar, Kunar and southeastern Paktika and Khost provinces in support of President Ashraf Ghani and against a change in the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan (TUTAP) electricity project’s actual route. The multimillion TUTAP power…
KABUL or lower house over the proposed route of a trans-regional power import project, but others criticised the walkout. The Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TUTAP) power project will import 500kv of electricity from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to Pakistan. The Ministry of Water…
Hundreds of people from southern Paktia province staged a rally, asking President Ashraf Ghani not to change the route of a multinational power project. The Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan (TUTAP) power project will import 500kv of electricity from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and…
While opposing the diversion of TUTAP power project route, the Presidential Palace on Sunday said the Asian Development Bank (ADB) would facilitate the provision of electricity to central Bamyan province as requested by the government. A statement from…
KABUL (TUTAP) electricity transfer project and its route. The decision to review the 500kv power project came a meeting chaired by Second Vice President Sarwar Danish, a statement from his office said. The VP said over the past 14 years…
