BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 11. Turkmenistan and
Afghanistan signed a memorandum of understanding on the purchase of
gas under the TAPI project in Herat Province.


This was reported in a press release issued by the Office of the
Prime Minister of Afghanistan.


The memorandum was signed in Torghundi between Afghanistan's
state-owned Afghan Gas Company and Turkmenistan's Türkmengaz
Company in the presence of Afghanistan's Deputy Prime Minister for
Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund and Chairman of
Turkmenistan's Halk Maslahaty (Parliament) Gurbanguly
Berdimuhamedov.


“The gas price, the determination of gas demand levels, and the
gas distribution process will be specified under the memorandum,”
the publication said.


The agreement covers key commercial parameters for Afghanistan's
gas purchases under the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India
(TAPI) project.







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.