KABUL, Jun 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Afghanistan’s Kabul province, where the country’s national capital city Kabul is located, and several other provinces were hit by blackout, as a power pylon was destroyed by an explosion last night, Breshna Sherkat, the national power company, confirmed today.
The incident took place at 9:55 p.m. local time, in Salang district, Parwan province, north of Kabul, the company told reporters, via a text message, adding, a technical team has been sent to the area to repair the power pylon and resume power transmission to Kabul and other provinces.
In western Herat province, unknown men destroyed an electricity tower in Kohsan district, early today, cutting power imported from Iran, to provincial capital Herat city, the largest city in the west of the country, Zenab Mohsini from a regional office of Breshna Sherkat, confirmed.
The militancy-plagued Afghanistan has been facing power shortages, as the country has limited hours of power.
To overcome power scarcity, the government imported power from neighbouring Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, but the imported energy is still too little to meet domestic need.
No group has claimed responsibly for the incident. Two dozens of power pylons has been destroyed or damaged by explosions, along the power grid in recent months.– NNN-AGENCIES
