[9] High voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations will also be included as part of the project, as well as a 477 kilometer long, 500 kilovolt alternating current transmission line between Datka, Kyrgyzstan and Khujand, Tajikistan.
A 750 km HVDC line will be constructed between Sangtuda, Tajikistan and the city of Nowshera, Pakistan, via Afghanistan.
[11] Additionally, an existing 220 kV AC line between Tajikistan and Afghanistan will be modified for a back-to-back HVDC connection.
[11] The project was inaugurated in February 2020, in a ceremony attended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and then-Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan Zahid Nasrullah Khan.
[8] In June 2021, Panjshir governor Kamaluddin Nezami consulted with citizens' and local government representatives on "social obstacles" to the CASA-1000 project.