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Whatever happened to TAPI?

Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline seems to be going nowhere fast

Nov 10, 2025
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A brief overview of the TAPI pipeline project from commonspace.eu

The idea of the TAPI pipeline, designed to transport gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India, has been around for approximately 30 years.

In practice, little progress has been made. Clashes between Pakistan and India in May this year and renewed fighting on the Pakistan–Afghanistan border have further slowed implementation.

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