[KhaamaPress] Another explosion targeted a power pylon in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan late on Tuesday night, killing a bigwig of the state-run utility firm dead.Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) in a statement said the personnel of the firm were busy repairing a transmission tower when a kaboom went off, killing at least one and wounding many others.
The statement further added that the blast killed Murtaza Sarwari, the deputy commercial director of Parwan electricity directorate.
DABS had earlier announced that a kaboom targeted the vehicle of the firm in Golghondi area of Parwan province, which partially damaged the vehicle but did not inflict casualties on DABS personnel and engineers.
This comes as festivities damaged two more electricity transmission towers in northern parts of Afghanistan, days after the holy warriors destroyed two transmission towers in capital Kabul.
DABS in a statement said the 262 transmission tower was damaged due to festivities 72km away from Pul-e Khumri city, the bustling provincial capital of Baghlan.
The statement further added that another transmission tower, Tower#265, was destroyed in festivities 25.5 away from Pul-e Khumri city, cutting the supply of electricity supply from Tajikistan.
An earlier Khaama Press article adds:
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat said the technical workers of the firm brought changes in the system and connected the electricity supply network with supply source being imported from Uzbekistan.Related:
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