Residents of Kabul say they receive electricity for only eight to nine hours a day, while power is cut off for most of the day and night. They say the situation has seriously disrupted the daily lives of families.
Three residents from different parts of Kabul told Taneen TV on Saturday, November 14, that electricity is usually restored at around 10 p.m., when most families are preparing to go to bed, and is cut off again in the early hours of the morning.
One resident said that restoring electricity late at night does little to address people’s needs, as families remain without power during the day when they need it for daily activities, household appliances and other domestic necessities.
Another Kabul resident, who asked not to be named in the report, said people were frustrated by frequent power cuts and the limited electricity supply.
According to the resident, the lack of electricity has disrupted families’ daily activities and affected the businesses of some citizens. People, the resident added, have grown increasingly frustrated with the situation.
Referring to the Taliban’s repeated announcements about the launch and inauguration of development projects, the resident said that while officials announce new projects almost every day, Kabul residents continue to struggle with the basic problem of access to electricity. The resident called for practical measures to address the issue.
Frequent power outages and electricity shortages remain among the problems affecting the lives of Kabul residents, alongside other economic and public service challenges.
Residents are calling on the Taliban and officials of the Afghanistan power utility, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), to take effective measures to ensure a stable electricity supply and improve distribution.
Meanwhile, Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister for economic affairs, said on Saturday at a ceremony marking the inauguration of the renovated 110-kilovolt transmission line between Maimana and Andkhoy in Faryab province that several major electricity infrastructure development projects would be implemented over the next year.
He said Afghanistan’s existing electricity capacity would increase several times over the coming year.
Baradar also claimed that several electricity generation and transmission projects had been implemented in a short period, reducing Afghanistan’s reliance on imported electricity and the frequency of power outages.
