ps, د افغانستان د انرژۍ او اوبو وزارت) , nativename_a = , nativename_r = , logo = Emblem of Ministry of Energy and Water (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan).png , logo_width = 200px , logo_caption = Emblem of the Ministry of Energy and Water of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan , seal = , seal_width = 155 , seal_caption = Logo , picture = AF-water-power.jpg , picture_width = , picture_caption = Ministry of Energy and Water , formed = , preceding1 = , preceding2 = , dissolved = , superseding = , jurisdiction =

Government of Afghanistan The government of Afghanistan, officially called the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is the central government of Afghanistan, a unitary state. Under the leadership of the Taliban, the government is a theocracy and an emirate with political pow ...

, headquarters = Darul Aman Road Kabul Afghanistan , coordinates = , motto = , employees = , budget = , minister1_name = Abdul Latif Mansoor , minister1_pfo = , minister2_name = , minister2_pfo = , deputyminister1_name = Engr. Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Omar , deputyminister1_pfo = , deputyminister2_name = Arifullah Arif , deputyminister2_pfo = , chief1_name = , chief1_position = , chief2_name = , chief2_position = , agency_type = , parent_department = , parent_agency = , child1_agency = , child2_agency = , keydocument1 = , website = http://mew.gov.af/en , footnotes = , map = , map_width = , map_caption = The Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water ( prs, وزارت انرژی و آب افغانستان, ps, د افغانستان د انرژۍ او اوبو وزارت) is a ministry of the

government of Afghanistan The government of Afghanistan, officially called the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is the central government of Afghanistan, a unitary state. Under the leadership of the Taliban, the government is a theocracy and an emirate with political pow ...

. Following the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan the ministry had the task of co-ordinating an effort to reintroduce power to areas of

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

that had been cut off. Areas particularly badly affected were southern

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- Pakistan, Iran and India Web site simply returns "It works!" all agreed to supply power. On 17 June 2003 the

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agreed to give a loan of $50 million (

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) to the Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water. The loan would be spent over the next three years on projects for the production, distribution and transmission of electricity in Afghanistan. Previous

Ismail Khan Mohammad Ismail Khan (Dari/Pashto: محمد اسماعیل خان) (born 1946) is an Afghan former politician who served as Minister of Energy and Water from 2005 to 2013 and before that served as the governor of Herat Province. Originally a cap ...

served as Minister from 2004 – October 2013, being succeeded by

Mohammad Arif Noorzai Mohammad Arif Noorzai (born 1959) was a former minister of Border and Tribe Affairs for Afghanistan. He was elected to represent Kandahar Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. He is the first ...

from 28 October 2013 – November 2014. On 7 September 2021 Abdul Latif Mansoor was appointed acting minister for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

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* Energy and Water

Energy in Afghanistan Water in Afghanistan {{Afghanistan-gov-stub

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