A large-scale power blackouts hit Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, Tuesday, AFP reported.
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Sources said that the electricity outage in Central Asian countries was caused due to overloading on the transit line in Kazakhstan.
A spokesman for Kyrgyzstan's energy ministry revealed to AFP that power failed "due to an accident in the regional energy grid".