Major power outage hits Afghanistan after militants destroyed pylons


(MENAFN- Afghanistan Times) AT News Report

KABUL: Thousands of families across the country were
deprived of electricity after the militants destroyed the power pylons in
northern Baghlan province, official said Sunday.

Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) in a statement said
that power pylons were destroyed in Balak Mirzad Hassan Ta Vilalge of Baghlan.

According to the statement, the militants collapsed the
pylons with improvised explosive devices.

'Technical team was sent to the cite and that the pylons are
currently under reconstructions,' the statement said.

The power pylons have been repeatedly destroyed by the militants
in Baghlan province, halting supplying power to many provinces, including Kabul.

Taliban militants have launched widespread attacks over
Pol-e-Khomri City of Baghlan since two weeks.

In 2016, Taliban militants destroyed an electricity pylon in
Dand-i-Shahabuddin area of Baghlan province and left Kabul in blackout for more
than many days.


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