Afghanistan: “CASA-1000” project will be implemented next month

According to the regional office of Tasnim News Agency, “Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesperson of the Afghan government, said: “CASA-1000” project, which is an important project for the transmission of electricity from Central Asia to South Asia, was signed yesterday between Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

He added: The World Bank is financially supporting this project, and its practical work will begin by the end of next month. The facilities of the CASA-1000 project in Afghanistan are 580 km long, starting from “Shir Khan Bandar” in “Kunduz” and ending in “Torkham” in “Nangarhar” province.

Taliban government has shown full readiness by welcoming the implementation of this project on the borders of Afghanistan, as with the implementation of the Casa-1000 project through Afghanistan – to Length of 1250 km – It will be possible to connect the electricity network from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to Pakistan, then Pakistan will receive 1,000 megawatts and Afghanistan will receive 300 megawatts of electricity.

Abdul Latif Nazari, the Deputy Minister of Economy of the Taliban government, stated that the CASA project plays an important role in the economic growth and development of Afghanistan and also leads to political stability will be strengthened and this country will also become the axis of the regional connection. , Islamic Development Bank, European Investment Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development are dedicated to this project.

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