KABUL (SW) – First Vice President Amrullah Saleh has clarified no arrests have been made in connection with the blowing up of power transmission towers by unidentified miscreants.
In a social media post, the first vice president said that serious preventive measures have been taken to protect the electricity poles from being targeted again.
At the same time, Amrullah Saleh added that a concerted effort is underway to stabilize, detain and punish those responsible for the destruction of electricity towers in the north of Kabul. Saleh called the destruction of the electricity poles as “crime and sedition.”
Earlier, the interior ministry officials had announced that four people were arrested in connection with the destruction of power transmission poles.
According to the power utility, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), at least 13 transmission towers have been destroyed or partially destroyed with landmines in the past two weeks. DABS has called on security agencies to protect power grids and installations from such attacks.
The Taliban deny involvement in such attacks.
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