BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 11. Chairman of
Turkmenistan's Halk Maslahaty (Parliament) Gurbanguly
Berdimuhamedov and Afghanistan's Deputy Prime Minister for Economic
Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund discussed the latest
progress of the TAPI project.


This was reported in a publication by the Office of the Prime
Minister of Afghanistan.


The meeting was held in Torghundi, Herat Province of
Afghanistan, where Baradar welcomed Berdimuhamedov and expressed
satisfaction with the progress of the TAPI project in Herat, the
report says.


“The sides discussed the latest progress of the TAPI project and
future joint economic activities between Afghanistan and
Turkmenistan,” the publication said.


According to the press release, he stated that work on the
project is progressing well in Herat and expressed hope that the
remaining activities would be completed within the scheduled
timeframe.







In turn, Berdimuhamedov stated that Turkmenistan is ready to
extend the TAPI pipeline to Herat Province, the publication said.
The sides also discussed future joint economic activities between
Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.


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.