BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 3. The
Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project
will create more than 12,000 jobs in Afghanistan.


This was reflected in a press release published by the press
service of the Turkmen government following Gurbanguly
Berdimuhamedov’s remarks during a general lesson at the Ruhyýet
Palace in the city of Arkadag.


“The implementation of the project will create more than 12,000
jobs in Afghanistan alone,” Berdimuhamedov said.


According to Berdimuhamedov, the TAPI project is currently under
construction and, once completed, will supply gas to the needs of
two subcontinents with a combined population of about two billion
people and rapidly developing economies for decades.


He said the successful implementation of comprehensive
cooperation plans depends on using the energy potential of
countries across the continent as producers, consumers and transit
states.







Turkmenistan’s strategy in the energy sector is based on taking
into account the interests of participants across all three areas,
diversifying supply routes and ensuring equal access to oil and gas
resources and electricity sources, Berdimuhamedov said


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.