Kajaki Dam

　　Attraction Introduction
　　     Kajaki Dam is located approximately 90 kilometers northwest of Kandahar, a city in southern Afghanistan, near the country’s largest Kajaki Reservoir. It supplies electricity to several provinces in southern and southwestern Afghanistan. As the largest hydropower station in Afghanistan, it plays a crucial role in the nation’s economy and daily life.

　　Features

　　    On October 31, 2001, following a U.S. military “carpet bombing” of areas controlled by Afghan armed factions, the largest hydroelectric dam in Afghanistan — the Kajaki Dam in Helmand Province — was damaged, causing a complete disruption in electricity supply to the cities of Kandahar and Lashkar Gah.

　　 Kabul, Afghanistan