Spokesman for the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of Afghanistan, Homayoun Afghan, announced the country’s readiness to finance the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline on its section, Tolo news reports.
“We are ready to start work [on the TAPI project – editor’s note] whenever it begins, and if we cannot find alternatives, we are ready to support ourselves,” said an official representative of the ministry.
The Afghan side also decided to acquire land plots for laying the TAPI gas pipeline. Speaking about the significance of the project, Homayoun emphasized that it is one of the vital ones for Afghanistan.
“With the launch of the TAPI project, an economic transformation will occur in Afghanistan,” the press secretary of the country’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum expressed confidence.
The TAPI pipeline should pass through the Afghan provinces of Herat, Farah, Nimroz, Helmand and Kandahar. In addition to creating thousands of new jobs, the project will help Afghanistan earn money from the transit of blue fuel to Pakistan and India.
