Afghanistan’s power utility company Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) has confirmed Tajikistan agreed to extend the contract to supply the country with electricity until the end of 2023.
The contract was signed in the presence of Mullah Abdul Latif Mansour, Minister of Energy and Water Affairs of the Islamic Emirate, and Mohammad Omar Asuzada, head of Tajikistan’s national power utility company, DABS said.
This comes after DABS recently stated that due to technical problems, the amount of electricity imported by Afghanistan had dropped by 50%.
DABS however also noted recently that Uzbekistan had also extended its contract to supply electricity to Afghanistan until the end of 2023.
After taking control of the country in August 15, 2021, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) worked with Uzbekistan to extend their contract through 2022.
At the time, DABS stated Uzbekistan would export two billion kilowatts of electricity to Afghanistan during 2022 at a cost of about $100 million.
Afghanistan however needs over five billion kilowatts of electricity a year and relies on imported electricity from its neighboring countries.