TAPI Pipeline Advances 25 Km In Afghanistan, Says Taliban
The Taliban say construction of the TAPI gas pipeline inside Afghanistan has progressed by 25 kilometres, with work on a further 120 kilometres prepared to begin.
The Taliban say construction of the TAPI gas pipeline inside Afghanistan has progressed by 25 kilometres, with work on a further 120 kilometres prepared to begin.
However, the limited progress has raised doubts about completing the 153-kilometre section by the end of 2026.
Hamdullah Fitrat wrote on X on Tuesday that construction work on the project is under way in Herat province, describing the progress as “significant”.
Available data show that work on the project inside Afghanistan remains confined to the Torghundi area of Herat, with other sections of the route yet to enter the implementation phase.
Around 16.3 per cent of the 153-kilometre route has been completed over the past four years.
The TAPI Pipeline, one of the region’s major energy projects, is intended to transport gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India.
First proposed in the 1990s, the project gained momentum in 2003 with support from the Asian Development Bank. Construction began in Turkmenistan in 2015, and the Afghan section was inaugurated on February 23, 2018.
