KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani, in a decree, on Sunday suspended work on the 500 megavolt electricity project from Turkmenistan and assigned a 12-member commission to assess the situation.
According to the decree obtained by TOLOnews, the commission has been tasked with the job of assessing the project within 10 days.
The third article of the six-article decree states that the procurement and execution process of the project shall be suspended until the results of the commission's report are revealed.
The decree orders the commission to assess the details of transferring imported electricity from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan - to assess all the documents of Afghanistan's 20-year master plan for electricity – including documents related to government and private companies plus those of the Fischer Company and relevant national and international organizations.
From government's side, members of the commission include Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Economy Minister Abdul Satar Murad, Urban Development Minister Sayed Sadat Mansour Naderi and Faizullah Zaki, the deputy chief of the National Security Council (NSC).
Other members of the commission are Mohammad Akbari, Ahmad Behzad, Qayum Sajjadi, Assadullah Saadati, Barna Karimi – members of the Enlightening Movement, as well as Hasibullah Kalimzai, Almas Zahid and Mohammad Nasir Ahmadi. (Tolonews)