Taliban Extends Contract To Buy Electricity From Turkmenistan
The Taliban-controlled Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) announced the extension of the contract to buy electricity from Turkmenistan until 2025.
The company wrote in a statement that according to the contract, Turkmenistan's electricity will be imported to Afghanistan through four routes: Andkhoy, Aqina, Badghis and Torghundi in Herat.
According to the statement published on Friday, December 7, the contract was signed during the visit of DABS chairman Abdul Bari Omar to Turkmenistan.
Afghanistan is not self-sufficient in electricity production and imports more than 70 percent of its electricity needs from Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Iran.
A delegation of DABS in a meeting with officials of the Turkmenistan Electric Power Company appreciated the country's cooperation in importing electricity to Afghanistan.
