Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: The press office of the Ministry of Energy and Water announced the inauguration of the 252 MV substation in Tarakhel and the 220 volt transmission line from Chamtala to Tarakhel on Sunday afternoon. Maulavi Abdul Kabir, the political deputy of the prime minister, said that Afghanistan has a lot of capacity to generate electricity, adding: "But unfortunately in recent decades, the country has been largely kept in the dark.

 

He said that control of Afghanistan's waters, water supply, wind, solar and thermal energy production and agricultural development are the priorities of the current government and said: Action in this direction is not to the detriment of any neighbor or any other country.

 

Meanwhile, Mullah Abdul Latif Mansoor, the acting head of the Ministry of Energy and Water, said that a large dam would be commissioned in Zabul soon. is in progress.

 

He promised to complete the projects, saying; These projects will provide drinking water to 20,000 families in Kabul, irrigate thousands of hectares of land and generate 2 MW of electricity.

 

It is worth mentioning that the new substation of Tarakhel and the project of transmission of electricity from Chamtala to Tarakhel were inaugurated this afternoon in the presence of high-ranking government officials.