Uzbekistan resumes export of electricity to Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s National Electricity Company warns that despite the restoration of supplies, the country will still “experience power cuts due to shortages and overloaded networks”.

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Afghanistan’s National Electricity Company (DABS) said on Thursday that electricity supplies from Uzbekistan have returned to normal. This is stated on the company’s website.
“Since 07:00, electricity imports from Uzbekistan have returned to normal levels,” DABS reported. The company recalled that on Wednesday, the Uzbek side “reduced the export of electricity to Afghanistan by 60% without prior notice”. This was due to technical problems at the Marjan power plant.
DABS, however, warns that despite the restoration of supplies, the country will still “experience blackouts due to shortages and overloaded networks”.
Afghanistan buys most of its electricity from the Central Asian countries, in particular from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Due to such an impressive dependence on imports and supply disruptions, power outages regularly occur in the country during peak consumption seasons.
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