The residents of Kabul complained about the increasing shortage of power, saying that they are struggling with daily needs due to lack of sufficient power amid cold weather.

They called on the officials of Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat, the country’s electricity company, to address the problem seriously.

“The shops should be provided with power because their activities are affected because of lack of power,” said Sultani, a resident of Kabul.

“We call on the Islamic Emirate to pay attention to fair distribution of electricity in Kabul because the people don’t have the capability to purchase wood or coal,” said Shir Ahmad, a resident of Kabul.

Meanwhile, the officials in DABS said that the power shortage is due to the drought and lack of sufficient precipitation in the ongoing year.

“As you know there was drought this year, and if it keeps going like this, it may affect the delivery of power but we have a thermal system which will be used for producing electricity in difficult circumstances,” said Hekmatullah Maiwandi, a spokesman for DABS.

A former head of DABS, Amanullah Ghalib, said that more investments are needed in the electricity sector in a bid to prevent such problems.

“We can solve the shortage of power through two ways, first the domestic production should increase and the power dams,” he said.

This comes as more than 80 percent of Afghanistan’s electricity is imported from neighboring countries, particularly Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran.