Massive turbine for Afghan hydroelectric dam project takes 100 vehicles five days to carry over dangerous route
British troops have successfully transported a huge hydroelectric power turbine through Taliban territory in southern Afghanistan.
The operation was part of a development project to increase the output of the Kajaki dam in southern Afghanistan, producing electricity for an extra 1.9 million people.
A convoy of 100 vehicles took five days to move huge sections of the 拢3.4m turbine 180km to the construction site, protected by 1,000 Afghan soldiers through one of the most dangerous parts of the journey.
A spokesman told the BBC it was the largest route clearance operation the UK military has carried out since the Second World War.
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