September 11, 2024
Afghanistan Announces Start of $10B TAPI Gas Pipeline Project
Afghanistan said on Wednesday that work would begin on a $10 billion natural gas pipeline that would cross South Asia, as officials joined officials in neighboring Turkmenistan to celebrate its completion on that side of the border. Progress on the TAPI pipeline — which runs through Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India — has been repeatedly delayed by security concerns in conflict-torn Afghanistan. “From today operations will begin on Afghan soil,” Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said at the ceremony in comments broadcast on Afghan state television. At the border ceremony in Islim Cheshma in Turkmenistan, officials from both sides, including


