Deep In Taliban Territory, A Push For Electricity

An Afghan police officer stood guard in April above the Kajaki Dam, where a new turbine will double the electricity supply. The Taliban hold surrounding villages. Jason Straziuso/Associated Press

From The New York Times:

KAJAKI DAM, Afghanistan — Five shipping containers marked with the Afghan flag, some of them still wrapped in plastic, now sit in the construction camp at Kajaki Dam, Afghanistan’s biggest hydroelectric project.

They hold the United States government’s largest single gift to Afghanistan of the past seven years: massive pieces of a new 200-ton hydroelectric turbine that, when installed, will double the electricity supply to the towns and districts of southern Afghanistan.

The $180 million project, which includes distribution lines and substations, is intended to reach 1.8 million people and provide jobs and economic renewal to the most troubled and violent part of the country.

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