Business Insider: The Taliban plans to buy electricity from Iran after Afghanistan's unpaid bills to other countries left it facing blackouts
* Afghanistan has struggled with electricity since the Taliban took over in August.
* In October, reports said was leaving unpaid vast bills to nations for power as its economy faltered.
* This week officials signed a new deal with Iran that may provide relief.
Afghanistan's national power company plans to import electricity from Iran in the hope of heading off a looming electricity crisis.
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) announced a deal this week to purchase a 100-megawatt supply, according to the Afghan network TOLO News.
The country's power network is in a precarious state since the Taliban ousted the US-backed government in August. Afghanistan imports the majority of its power, and had mounting debts to neighboring countries.
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Update: DABS to Import 100 Megawatts of Electricity from Iran (TOLO News)
WNU Editor: The Iranians are not doing this for free. They will also want to be paid.
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