Transportation of liquefied gas from Turkmenistan to Pakistan via Afghanistan has begun
The Taliban authorities announced that the international company "Yasir Basir" has started transporting liquefied petroleum gas from Turkmenistan to Pakistan by road through Afghanistan. This became known from a newsletter published by the Taliban government office in Kandahar, which covered the official ceremony held in Shurandum, Kandahar.
Also, on the agenda of these countries is the implementation of the TAPI gas project. The TAPI pipeline is designed to connect energy-rich Turkmenistan with Pakistan and India through Afghanistan. It is expected that it will annually supply 33 billion cubic meters of natural gas along an 1800-kilometer route starting from the Galkynysh field, the second largest gas field in the world, and ending with the Indian city of Fazilka near the border with Pakistan.
It is expected that Afghanistan, which is constantly struggling with energy shortages, will consume 5% of gas, and the remainder will be equally divided between Pakistan and India. In addition, Kabul may receive hundreds of millions of dollars in transit fees thanks to this agreement, BNN Breaking writes.
Earlier, ORIENT wrote that, faced with a crisis of gas shortage due to the winter cold (December, 2022), the government of Pakistan has developed plans to import liquefied petroleum gas (CIS) overland from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan.
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