[1][2] It was mainly designed to regulate the flow of the Logar River and provide electricity to Kabul.

Wardak province used to have a significant energy-generating capacity with the Chak Dam.

Its four turbines could provide electricity to Maidan Wardak and parts of Kabul, Logar and Ghazni provinces.

[3] In May 2005 the Chak Dam nearly overflowed as its main and emergency floodgates were rusted shut after six years of dry weather.

[4] The repairs were successful at a reported cost of $18,000 allowing evacuated residents to return to their homes in the valley.