Kabul Faces Energy Crisis as Taliban Fails to Pay Central Asian Suppliers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The nation's western provinces look to neighboring Iran for imported energy, while Afghanistan's eastern regions have traditionally called upon Central Asia, especially Tajikistan, for their electricity needs.
53% : While the international community pledged $1.2 billion in emergency aid to Afghanistan on September 13, the United Nations, which brokered the donation, says it expects to use the funds to provide Afghans with urgently needed basic necessities, such as food, shelter, and medical care.
42% : Afghanistan relies almost entirely on imported electricity -- largely from Central Asia and to a lesser degree from Iran -- as the country itself has no national power grid.

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