Shahabuddin Delawar, the Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, in a meeting with Mohammad Murad Amanov, the chief of the TAPI company, discussed accelerating the process of starting the TAPI project.
The ministry spokesman Humayun Afghan said that in this meeting the acting minister called the implementation of the TAPI project beneficial not only for Afghanistan but for the member countries, and he pledged the Islamic Emirate’s support for the implementation of this project in Afghanistan.
The TAPI project is a major project to transfer Turkmenistan’s gas to South Asia. Although the Islamic Emirate has repeatedly said that the practical work of this project has started, it has not actually started yet.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate, said: “Afghanistan has provided the security where the TAPI project is supposed to be implemented and we have complete readiness. We hope that the TAPI project will be started but you know that this is not only the subject of one country, four other countries are also engaged with it and they all should be ready.”
Some economic analysts said the implementation of this project will be effective for economic growth and will increase the country’s income and said that by implementing this project, employment opportunity will be provided for thousands of people in Afghanistan.
The TAPI project is one of the major projects in the region, where Turkmenistan gas is transferred to Pakistan and India through Afghanistan. With the implementation of this project, along with other benefits, about $400 million dollars will be collected annually through transit to Afghanistan.
MoMP Discusses Facilitating TAPI Project
