(MENAFN- Wadsam) Da Afghan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), Afghan national company, announced
that Turkmenistan agreed with Afghanistan and Pakistan on electricity
transmission to Pakistan though Afghanistan.
Addressing a press conference, DABS Plan and Policy Director
Mujtaba Hoshmand said, 'DABS has undertaken a new project called Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan
(TAP) under which Turkmenistan's electricity will be transferred to Pakistan
through Afghanistan.'
He added that the first phase of TAP project, which starts
from Turkmenistan to Herat and Farah provinces, will increase electricity
access in Afghanistan; and with implementation of the second phase of this
project, Afghanistan will receive $50 million yearly from electricity transit
to Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Safiullah Ahmadzai, Deputy Head of Commercial
Directorate, said that Afghanistan pays over $220 million each year to buy
electricity from neighboring countries.
Recent estimates indicate only 30 percent of Afghans have
access to electricity. Power outages in the country, including the capital
city, have turned into a huge problem in recent decades for Afghan people, particularly
for the private sector and investors.
The lingering question is why Afghanistan spends millions of
dollars yearly to import electricity from neighboring countries, even though
the country has significant sources of energy itself?
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