{"id":25094,"date":"2026-10-31T11:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/31\/taliban-approve-electricity-projects-afghanistan-2-billion-afghanis\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T11:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:30:17","slug":"taliban-approve-electricity-projects-afghanistan-2-billion-afghanis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/31\/taliban-approve-electricity-projects-afghanistan-2-billion-afghanis\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Authorities Approve Over Two Billion Afghanis Worth of Electricity Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent meeting of the Taliban&#8217;s Procurement Commission, six electricity projects totaling more than 2.873 billion Afghanis were approved. These projects include the expansion of the 220-kilovolt Hesar Shahi power dam in Nangarhar province, the construction of a 40 megavolt-ampere power dam to supply energy to the gas factory in the Yatim Taq area of Jowzjan province, and the development of a 139.2-kilometer, 220-kilovolt transmission line from the Andkhoy power dam to the Maymana power dam.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the projects cover the construction and expansion of power dams in Maymana and Andkhoy in Faryab province, the purchase of equipment for SDH and PABX systems, and the development of a 9.3-kilometer transmission line from the Arghandi-Ghazni 220-kilovolt transmission line to the planned Maydan Wardak power dam.<\/p>\n<p>These decisions come amid ongoing challenges facing Afghanistan&#8217;s electricity infrastructure and energy transmission capabilities across large parts of the country. The electricity shortage continues to adversely affect daily life and economic development.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban authorities claim that these projects will help improve the energy situation in these provinces. However, given the widespread challenges, the real impact on people&#8217;s lives remains uncertain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban authorities approve six electricity projects worth over 2.8 billion Afghanis, aiming to improve power infrastructure amid ongoing challenges in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25094","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\/25094","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=25094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}