Taliban Destroy Pylon in Baghlan

Baghlan police said today that Taliban insurgents destroyed an electricity pylon in Baghlan province late Friday night.
According to the officials, the destruction of the pylon, which transmits electricity from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, has left much of Kabul without power.
Late Friday night Taliban insurgents detonated explosives close to the pylon in Doshe district of Baghlan, police said.
With the destruction of this pylon, electricity has now been cut off in a number of provinces, including the capital Kabul.
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) officials confirmed that a pylon, which transmits electricity from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan has been destroyed in Baghlan province and for now Kabul is without imported electricity.
Officials said they are trying to fix the problem but their engineers have not yet reached the area.
Taliban has not commented yet about the incident.