{"id":13280,"date":"2026-05-18T08:33:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T08:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/18\/turkmenistan-continues-electricity-supply-afghanistan-energy-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T08:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T08:33:22","slug":"turkmenistan-continues-electricity-supply-afghanistan-energy-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/18\/turkmenistan-continues-electricity-supply-afghanistan-energy-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkmenistan Confirms Continued Electricity Supply to Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turkmenistan has announced that the process of transferring electricity to Afghanistan will continue without interruption. This was discussed during a meeting between the Chief Executive of Afghanistan&#8217;s Electricity Company and Turkmenistan&#8217;s Minister of Energy, where both parties emphasized ongoing energy cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting took place during Abdulhaq Hamkar&#8217;s visit to Turkmenistan. Hamkar, the Chief Executive of Afghanistan&#8217;s Electricity Company, held talks with Anageldi Saparov, Turkmenistan&#8217;s Minister of Energy, about expanding joint cooperation in the electricity sector and accelerating energy infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hamkar, the 500-kilovolt electricity transmission line project is progressing rapidly and is expected to be completed within a year. This project is considered a major regional initiative aimed at increasing Afghanistan&#8217;s electricity transmission capacity and strengthening the national grid.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Afghanistan imports the majority of its electricity from neighboring countries, with approximately 80 percent of the country&#8217;s electricity consumption dependent on imports. This reliance has consistently been a significant challenge for the energy sector in recent years, highlighting the need for sustainable investment in domestic electricity production.<\/p>\n<p>Experts believe that advancing electricity transmission projects, alongside developing internal resources, can help reduce Afghanistan&#8217;s vulnerability to regional fluctuations \u2014 a responsibility that lies with the Taliban administration and relevant energy sector institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkmenistan confirms uninterrupted electricity supply to Afghanistan, emphasizing ongoing energy cooperation and rapid progress on a key transmission line project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}