Kabul residents are concerned that electricity outages have significantly increased recently in the capital.

They say that in 24 hours, they get electricity for only a few hours.

According to them, if the power company does not solve the problem, people will face more challenges.

“We want the government to improve the electricity situation. Diseases have increased a lot. There is no electricity. There is only two or three hours of electricity in 24 hours,” said Sediqullah, a resident of Kabul.

Mojtabi, another resident of Kabul, said: “Electricity outages usually increase during summer. I think water issues could also have a role. The residents of Kabul and myself, who study here, are facing a shortage of electricity.”

Officials at Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the country’s national power utility company, emphasize that with the increase in electricity consumption, there will be more outages, however, they are working to address the problem.

“We sometimes give outages to our customers during the day, and outages are also planned for the night. In Kabul and its neighboring provinces, we consume about 400 megawatts of electricity, which does not cover the needs of the provinces,” said Safiullah Ahmadzai, the commercial deputy head of DABS.

Currently, the majority of the electricity needed by Afghanistan is imported from neighboring countries, and Afghanistan pays more than $300 million to these countries annually.

Although the focus of the Islamic Emirate is to produce electricity from domestic sources, experts say this needs more time and until the needed electricity is provided from domestic resources, the problem of outages will remain.

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