pakistani342
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@A-Team , @Sher Malang -- how is the power situation in Kabul? has this interruption been persistent or temporary? Haven't seen you guys in a while hope you and your families are safe.
On a related note -- most of Afghanistan's strategic infrastructure is very vulnerable if Pakistan wishes to be hostile -- for example the zaranj delaram road is very vulnerable (which provides access to cha bahar) and or say the Salang tunnel which would cut North Afghanistan from South Afghanistan.
Article on NYT here, excerpts below:
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have sabotaged a major power line in the northern province of Baghlan, officials said on Wednesday, cutting a supply of electricity from Uzbekistan to Kabul, the Afghan capital, and exposing a vulnerability in the nation’s rickety infrastructure at a time when the insurgency has government forces thinly stretched.
Wahidullah Tawhidi, a spokesman for the national power company, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, said insurgents destroyed one electricity transmission tower and damaged two others late Tuesday in the area of Dand-e-Shahabuddin, near the highway that links Baghlan and Kunduz Provinces. Utility workers reached the area not long afterward, he said, but could not begin repairs until Afghan security forces had dismantled mines left by the insurgents and secured the area. He predicted that service would be restored on Wednesday.
On a related note -- most of Afghanistan's strategic infrastructure is very vulnerable if Pakistan wishes to be hostile -- for example the zaranj delaram road is very vulnerable (which provides access to cha bahar) and or say the Salang tunnel which would cut North Afghanistan from South Afghanistan.
Article on NYT here, excerpts below:
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have sabotaged a major power line in the northern province of Baghlan, officials said on Wednesday, cutting a supply of electricity from Uzbekistan to Kabul, the Afghan capital, and exposing a vulnerability in the nation’s rickety infrastructure at a time when the insurgency has government forces thinly stretched.
Wahidullah Tawhidi, a spokesman for the national power company, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, said insurgents destroyed one electricity transmission tower and damaged two others late Tuesday in the area of Dand-e-Shahabuddin, near the highway that links Baghlan and Kunduz Provinces. Utility workers reached the area not long afterward, he said, but could not begin repairs until Afghan security forces had dismantled mines left by the insurgents and secured the area. He predicted that service would be restored on Wednesday.
