Afghanistan, Jan. 22 -- Imported electricity from Turkmenistan was cut to several northern Afghanistan provinces after storms, deepening hardship and humanitarian crisis in the country.
Imported electricity from Turkmenistan to northern Afghanistan has been cut since Wednesday night after heavy rain and strong winds damaged transmission lines, officials said.
Afghanistan's state power utility company, said electricity supplies to Jawzjan, Faryab, Sar-e-Pul, Balkh and the city of Andkhoy are currently disrupted.
Residents in the affected provinces reported spending the night without power, saying the outage has compounded difficulties as temperatures drop and rainfall continues.
Power cuts are frequent in northern Afghanistan, which reli...