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Construction of dam on Kunar River can produce 1500 megawatts of electricity: Ministry
He stressed that they will implement six other big dams in Takhar, Herat, Ghazni and Baghlan provinces next year.
The Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) says the construction of a power dam on Kunar River will have the capacity to produce 1500 megawatts of electricity and that Pakistan will not face any problems with water shortage.
The acting Minister of Energy and Water Abdul Latif Mansoor raised this matter on Saturday in the Government Accountability Program to the Nation.
Mansoor stated that in the past year, this ministry has been able to complete the incomplete works of Kamal Khan dam in Nimroz, Shah wa Arus dam in Kabul, Pashdan dam in Herat and Tori dam in Zabul.
He stressed that they will implement six other big dams in Takhar, Herat, Ghazni and Baghlan provinces next year.
During the past three years, this ministry has signed many projects of electricity production from various sources with the private sector, which will produce 500 megawatts of electricity, he added.
In this program, it was also said that the Ministry of Energy and Water has agreed with the World Bank to start the practical work of the CASA-1000 electricity project in the current solar year, which will be completed by 2024.
In this program, it was also said that the Ministry of Energy and Water has agreed with the World Bank to start the practical work of the CASA-1000 electricity project in the current solar year, which will be completed by 2024, and Afghanistan will receive $165 million annually from that transit right.
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The Embassy of Afghanistan in Japan, currently run by diplomats of the previous government, has announced that it will suspend its operations in Tokyo after the end of January 2026.
In a statement issued on Friday, the embassy said the decision was made after consultations with Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in close coordination with Japanese authorities, and in accordance with the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
The embassy added that after January 31, all of its political, economic, cultural, and consular activities will be halted until further notice.
Currently, Shaida Abdali is serving as Afghanistan’s ambassador to Japan.
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The Turkish Embassy in Kabul said in a post that the meeting included mutual exchanges of views on bilateral relations.
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