Uzbekistan and the ADB have been active in addressing critical regional issues that has resulted in commissioning of power transmission lines to secure uninterrupted supply of 1.2 billion kilowatt-hours of power per annum from Uzbekistan to Afghanistan, the report said.

On 17 February, the ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda said at the international conference "Fostering a Well Educated and Intellectually Advanced Generation – Critical Prerequisite for Sustainable Development and Modernization of Country" said: “I am happy that several investments of the country improve lives and hopes in Afghanistan.”

He added that Uzbekistan is the first and still only electricity supplier to Kabul, which has 24-hour power supply.