Tajikistan Renews Electricity Supply Agreement with Afghanistan for 2025

Tajikistan exported $82 million worth of electricity to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan from January to August of this year.

The Afghanistan Electric Company (DABS) has announced a one-year extension of its electricity import contract with Tajikistan, The Caspian Post reports citing foreign media.

In a statement issued on Monday, November 25, the company stated that the agreement was signed between Abdulbari Omar, the CEO of DABS, and Mohammad Omar Asiyazada, the head of the State-owned Electric Company of Tajikistan.

The statement from DABS did not provide further details about the contract.

Earlier, Tajikistan had announced a reduction in electricity exports to neighboring countries, stating that over the past eight months, it had exported more than $82.3 million worth of electricity to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.

It is noteworthy that Afghanistan has long been dependent on imported electricity, and currently imports 70% of its electricity from neighboring countries.

According to media reports from Tajikistan, the country exported $82 million worth of electricity to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan from January to August of this year.

The majority of Afghanistan’s electricity needs are met through imports from Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Iran.

Afghanistan’s continued reliance on imported electricity highlights the critical gaps in the country’s infrastructure, which has yet to develop sufficient domestic power generation capacity. The lack of investment in electricity production, combined with political instability, means that millions of Afghans continue to face power shortages and unreliable electricity access.

This situation underscores the need for long-term investments in Afghanistan’s energy infrastructure to reduce its dependency on foreign power and to ensure equitable access to electricity across the country, particularly in rural areas where power outages are most severe.

Furthermore, the current reliance on neighboring countries for energy also raises questions about Afghanistan’s energy security and its vulnerability to external political and economic fluctuations.