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militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K) claims its militants masterminded the explosion that cut off electricity and made the capital city Acceptance in Afghanistan it is pitch black.
As reported AFP, Saturday (10/23/2021), the blackout of electricity to Kabul since Thursday (21/10) local time became the latest slap in the government’s efforts Taliban in maintaining stabilization in Afghanistan about two months after they returned to power.
In a statement via their Telegram channel, ISIS-K claimed its militants had launched an attack to damage the power grid sector in Kabul this week.
“Soldiers of the caliphate detonated a bomb on an electric pylon (power tower) in Kabul,” ISIS-K said in a statement.
The explosion hit a high-voltage line that supplies imported electricity to Kabul and several other provinces in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is known to rely heavily on electricity imported from neighboring countries such as Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, making transnational electricity a major target for insurgents.
Afghan electricity company Breshna earlier said the explosion hit a power pylon in the Qala Murad Beg area of Kabul, cutting off an imported 220 kV power line. As a result of the explosion, said Breshna, electricity supply to Kabul and several other provinces was cut off.
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