Trolleybuses in Kabul

The system was built by the Czechoslovak Elektrizace železnic Praha [cz] (Electrification of railways, Prague) from 1976.

The service launched on February 9, 1979, with 25 Škoda 9TrH23 trolleybuses, eventually expanding to 86 vehicles by 1988, of which 80 were in operation.

Subsequently, the Afghans themselves extended the line from Silo Road northwards back to downtown at Spinzar Hotel in Deh Afghanan.

[2] However its overhead line and electric contact network was reportedly in bad condition by the late 1980s with poor maintenance.

[6][page needed] The Kabul Times reported in 2013 that the government was committed to renovating the system to tackle air pollution and deal with the busy traffic and increasing population in the city.