KABUL – Afghan Taliban group has claimed responsibility for cutting theelectricity transmission line for Kabul.

Taliban emphasized that the transmission lines supplying electricity toKabul will remain non-operational until the government has not started workon public welfare projects in northern Kunduz and Baghlan provinces,Khaama Press has reported.

The Taliban militants group has claimed responsibility for intentionallycutting the electricity transmission line for Kabul, emphasizing that thetransmission lines supplying electricity to Kabul will remainnon-operational until the government has not started work on public welfareprojects in northern Kunduz and Baghlan provinces.

A statement by the Taliban group states that the electricity transmissionlines supplying electricity to Kabul have been disconnected in reaction tothe recent decisions of the government.

The group has demanded that electricity issues of Chahar Dara district inKunduz must resolved as soon as possible and electricity issues regardingGul Tapa area should be resolved as well in a bid to ensure theuninterrupted supply of electricity to Kabul via northern provinces.