Afghan utility calls for extra funding to complete CASA-1000

The Afghan power company Breshna called for additional financing for CASA-1000 at joint project meetings in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, and stressed the need to speed up the remaining work on the project.

Abdulhaq Hamkar, chief executive of Afghanistan’s Breshna company, took part in the joint working group and joint ministerial council meetings on CASA-1000 with a technical delegation from Oct. 7 to Oct. 9, 2026.

At the meetings, the Afghan delegation called for more financial resources to complete the remaining parts of the project. Representatives of the World Bank said they were assessing options to secure the required funding.

Representatives of member states, the World Bank and other financial institutions discussed progress on construction work, strengthening telecommunications signals, installing and completing repeater equipment, and operational preparations for the project.

Determining responsibilities related to operations and maintenance, the start of monitoring, establishing telecommunications systems and creating the conditions for commercial activities were among the other topics discussed at the meetings.

Hamkar described CASA-1000 as important for expanding energy trade in the region and stressed the need to remove existing obstacles, implement joint decisions and strengthen regional cooperation.

CASA-1000 is designed to transmit electricity from Central Asia to Afghanistan and Pakistan.