The Kajaki dam, once it gets fully up to speed, could provide electricity for another two million Afghans. Don't think the Taliban don't know that.
Some excerpts from the BBC story:
The plaque bearing the American eagle says it was built in 1975 - the hydro-electric power station was donated at a time when Cold War nations were pouring money into Afghanistan to buy support at the crossroads of Asia.
And working hard to keep it running is a determined man with a long beard, who has been here since the year after the turbines started turning.
Engineer Sayeed Rasul pointed to the huge gap between the two round power generators: "Turbine one needs repairs and turbine three is working well and when turbine two arrives we will be able to generate much more power," he said.
"We have only one power station in southern Afghanistan and that is Kajaki power station.
"When we have all three turbines working it will be a very big help for us and Afghanistan and our people." ...
The Taleban know how significant the project's success would be - jobs for locals, electricity for southern Afghanistan.
They are likely to use all the insurgent tactics they can to stop it succeeding - the Kajaki Dam will be a good litmus test in the coming months of how the mission is going.
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