Afghanistan, Pakistan Pledge Support for Electricity Trade Project with Central Asia

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2009— President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan today issued a joint statement pledging their support for a proposed US$680 million regional electricity transmission project that would supply summer surplus power from Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic to the Afghan capital of Kabul and the north west of Pakistan.
Afghanistan, Pakistan Pledge Support for Electricity Trade Project with Central Asia (Press Release)

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