With best estimates claiming that only 30% of the Afghan population are connected to the country's central energy grid, finding innovative ways of servicing the remaining 70% and bringing green energy to rural Afghanistan is a top priority for infrastructure development and. With best estimates claiming that only 30% of the Afghan population are connected to the country's central energy grid, finding innovative ways of servicing the remaining 70% and bringing green energy to rural Afghanistan is a top priority for infrastructure development and. Afghanistan's power sector is the cornerstone of the country's economic development agenda, underpinning ambitions of industrialisation, economic growth and improved living standards. Despite the abundant resources - including hydropower, solar, wind and gas - Afghanistan continues to face energy. The goal of this paper was to identify and examine the associated issues, challenges, and opportunities for domestic transmission grid and power imports in the country. Accordingly, the transmission system is fragmented, consisting of isolated grids supplied by different types of power plants and different import sources. Substations play a pivotal role in this process, serving as. Linemen contracted by U. Army Corps of Engineers prepare to be sling-loaded from helicopters to inspect tops of high-voltage transmission towers and anchor lines that hold them in place after roughly 80 percent of grid was affected by storms, Aguadilla Pueblo, Puerto Rico, February 16, 2018 (U.