Afghanistan’s Ministry of Energy and Water has announced the signing of three agreements for solar power generation projects valued at $25 million with Awfi Bahram Mining , a private company.

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The Ministry said that these projects will have a combined capacity of 8 MW, and will be located in Paktika, Uruzgan, and Farah. Due to a lack of in-country generation capacity, Afghanistan relies heavily on distributed generators, and it is significantly dependent on importing electricity from neighbouring countries. Afghanistan currently meets 75 per cent of its electricity needs from Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran.

The UN stated in 2023 that Afghanistan is facing a major energy crisis, with only 40 per cent of households in the country having access to electricity.