Afghanistan’s political situation compounds TAPI pipeline incompletion

Political turmoil Afghanistan has compounded the completion of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Pipeline, also known as Trans-Afghanistan pipeline incompletion for three decades.

The major gas pipeline project is known as TAPI for Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India–has yet to be completed despite being “in progress” for the past three decades. During this time Afghanistan has seen the collapse and establishment of various governments, according to Tolo News.

Also, Afghanistan Deputy Prime Minister Adbul Salam Hanafi met with Turkmenistan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Wafa Khadzhiev on Saturday and discussed bilateral co-operation including restarting the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India project in Afghanistan.