BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 8. Turkmenistan and
Afghanistan discussed the implementation of the TAPI gas pipeline
project and its current construction progress during talks in
Kabul.


This was announced by the spokesperson for Afghanistan's
Ministry of Mines and Petroleum following a meeting between Acting
Minister of Mines and Petroleum Mullah Hedayatullah Badri and
Turkmenistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan, Hoja Ovezov.


"The implementation of the TAPI project is progressing
successfully, and 102 kilometers of the pipeline have now been laid
in Afghanistan," the Turkmen ambassador said during the
meeting.


According to the spokesperson, the ambassador also said the
remaining construction work would be completed in line with the
established schedule and that all commitments under the project
would be fulfilled.


For his part, Badri reaffirmed Afghanistan's support for the
project, assuring "full legal cooperation" in the implementation of
the TAPI gas pipeline, the spokesperson reported.







Meanwhile, the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI)
pipeline is a planned 1,800-kilometer natural gas pipeline designed
to transport up to 33 billion cubic meters of gas annually from
Turkmenistan’s giant Galkynysh field to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and
India. Ashgabat views the project as one of the main routes for
diversifying gas exports and strengthening regional economic
integration.


The gas resource base for TAPI is the Galkynysh field, one of
the world's largest gas deposits with estimated reserves exceeding
27 trillion cubic meters. In April 2026, Turkmengaz and China's
CNPC launched the fourth phase of the field's development. The
project involves the construction of new production facilities and
the drilling of wells, which will enable the additional production
of up to 10 billion cubic meters of commercial gas per year.


In early June, the Belfer Center for Science and International
Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School noted in its analysis that the
TAPI gas pipeline is being re-anchored in regional energy
discussions as a structured mechanism for regional energy flows,
connecting Turkmenistan’s gas resources with demand centers in
South Asia.