KABUL, Oct 9 — Anti-government militants blew up power pylon in Salangdistrict of Afghanistan’s eastern Parwan province and left Kabul indarkness, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the provincial policespokesman Mohammad Salim Nuri on Wednesday.
“Taliban militants detonated a pylon in Salang district some 70 km north ofKabul early Wednesday and thus left Kabul in darkness,” Nuri told Xinhua.
“Explosives planted under a 220 kilowatt electricity pylon in the southernpart of Salang district went off at 1.30 am local time today andresultantly electric power to Kabul and several other provinces was cut,”said the Afghanistan Power Company — Breshna Shirkat in a statement.Explore Turkey, One of the Most Romantic Countries WorldwideSponsored by Parlo Tourslink
However, the company added that work to repair the pylon and restoreKabul’s power supply had been started.
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This is the second time that the Taliban outfit has been accused ofdestroying power pylon and cutting electricity to Kabul and other provincesover the past one month.
