Afghan gov't clears electricity bills to neighboring states, pays 627 mln USD

STORY: Afghan gov't clears electricity bills to neighboring states, pays 627 mln USD SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 7, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of power transmission line in Kabul, Afghanistan STORYLINE: The Afghan government has cleared all the dues of electricity bills to neighboring states, Hekmatullah Maiwandi, spokesman of the country's power company Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat, said in talks to Afghanistan's National Radio and Television (RTA). "We have paid 627 million U.S. dollars to clear all the dues of electricity bills left over from the previous government," the state-run RTA quoted Maiwandi on Wednesday as saying. The official also noted that Afghanistan imports 80 percent of its electricity from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. The country also imports part of power from neighboring Iran. However, the official said the administration has been chalking out plans to generate electricity from domestic s

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-ELECTRICITY BILLS-CLEARING

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-ELECTRICITY BILLS-CLEARING

(240208) -- KABUL, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 8, 2024 shows electricity transmission terminals in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghan government has cleared all the dues of electricity bills to neighboring states, Hekmatullah Maiwandi, spokesman of the country's power company Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat, said in talks to Afghanistan's National Radio and Television (RTA). (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-ELECTRICITY BILLS-CLEARING

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-ELECTRICITY BILLS-CLEARING

(240208) -- KABUL, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 8, 2024 shows a transmission tower in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghan government has cleared all the dues of electricity bills to neighboring states, Hekmatullah Maiwandi, spokesman of the country's power company Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat, said in talks to Afghanistan's National Radio and Television (RTA). (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-ELECTRICITY BILLS-CLEARING

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-ELECTRICITY BILLS-CLEARING

(240208) -- KABUL, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 8, 2024 shows electric lines and a pole in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghan government has cleared all the dues of electricity bills to neighboring states, Hekmatullah Maiwandi, spokesman of the country's power company Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat, said in talks to Afghanistan's National Radio and Television (RTA). (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-ELECTRICITY BILLS-CLEARING

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-ELECTRICITY BILLS-CLEARING

(240208) -- KABUL, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 8, 2024 shows electric lines and poles in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghan government has cleared all the dues of electricity bills to neighboring states, Hekmatullah Maiwandi, spokesman of the country's power company Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat, said in talks to Afghanistan's National Radio and Television (RTA). (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

Afghan power company upgrades power plant to boost electricity supply in southern region

STORY: Afghan power company upgrades power plant to boost electricity supply in southern region DATELINE: July 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: KAJAKI, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of a power plant in Helmand Province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), or the Afghan power company, has upgraded a hydropower plant in Kajaki area of the southern Helmand province and formally inaugurated it Wednesday. This is the second phase of Kajaki hydropower plant, which produces 100 MW of power and sustainable electricity for Helmand and neighboring Kandahar provinces, DABS deputy Mawlawi Abdul Rahman Rahmani said in his speech at the inauguration ceremony here. In addition to providing electricity, the power dam with a capacity of storing 1 million cubic meters of water would also irrigate thousands of hectares of farmlands in the southern region, the official said. Rahmani said the DABS would extend electricity capacity to cover more areas in the country, wi

Women Started Online Twitter Campaign - Afghanistan

Women Started Online Twitter Campaign - Afghanistan

★Breshna Tahrik, I am joining my fellow Afghan women who have started an online campaign to condemn the Taliban's dress code! We are proud of our traditional Afghan outfit. #DoNotTouchMyClothes #AfghanistanCulture Afghan women have started an online Twitter campaign to protest the Taliban's female dress code by posting photos with traditional clothes. The photos went viral with a hashtag: #DoNotTouchMyClothes. That hashtag and #AfghanistanCulture soon became a worldwide trend on social media. It all started with one photograph from Dr Bahar Jalali, a former history professor at the American University in Afghanistan. The photos, the hashtags and the viral online campaign soon became a global protest- where Afghan women were saying 'No' to the Taliban diktat on clothes. Dr Bahar Jalali, an Afghan historian and gender studies expert, posted the first photo using the #DoNotTouchMyClothes has