Cold Kabul residents plead for power as frequent outages obstruct factory ops

Afghanistan, amid bitter political chaos, is now facing prolonged power cuts in a punishing winter. Frequent power outages have been reported across parts of Afghanistan, according to Tolo News. Kabul, Afghan capital, has power for just around four to five hours a day. Citizens have been looking to local Taliban leers for solutions.

" issue of electricity has reached its peak, especially in Makrorayan area, because we cannot use gas and heating system is not activated yet, a Kabul resident told Tolo News, a local Afghanistan based news network. "re is water shortage. If we don't have electricity, we don't have water too," he said.    

Power outages in Kabul are also impacting businesses in city's industrial park. Business communities say outages are obstructing factory operations in region. “We don't have electricity even for one hour. We should use rmal power resources until transmission lines for power supply from Uzbekistan are reconnected,” Sakhi Ahm Payman, first deputy of Chamber of Industry and Mine, told Tolo News. 

Citizens shiver in spine-chilling winter

Amanullah Ghalib, former chairman of country’s power distributor, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), said re is a need to increase investment in producing electricity in country. According to Tolo News, Afghanistan imports most of its power from countries like Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Iran.

A DABS spokesperson said at least 30% of electricity in Kabul is supplied through internal sources. “Efforts are underway to provide electricity for people for two hours,” said spokesperson. news of prolonged power outages in national capital came a few days after draconian Taliban regime introduced Afghanistan’s first supercar, ‘Ma 9’.