{"id":31027,"date":"2018-10-27T11:51:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T06:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=31027"},"modified":"2018-10-27T11:51:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T06:21:46","slug":"leaders-break-ground-on-afghan-section-of-tapi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/leaders-break-ground-on-afghan-section-of-tapi\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders break ground on Afghan section of TAPI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-international\/leaders-break-ground-on-afghan-section-of-tapi\/article22840481.ece\"><b>Leaders break ground on Afghan section of TAPI<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The long-awaited mega gas pipeline project of Turk\u00admenistan, Afghanis\u00adtan, Pakis\u00adtan and India (TAPI) connecting the energy-rich Central Asian nation with the South Asian countries was inaugurated on Friday.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Introduction:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India ceremonially broke ground on the Afghan section of an ambitious, multi-billion dollar gas pipeline expected to help ease energy deficits in South Asia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The quartet aims to complete the 1,840 km pipeline and begin pumping natural gas from Turkmenistan\u2019s giant <\/span><b>Galkynysh gas field<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the beginning of 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pipeline will traverse war-wracked Afghanistan, raising security concerns, the bulk of the 33 billion cubic metres of gas to be pumped annually through the conduit will be purchased by Pakistan and India.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>India\u2019s stand:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s commitment to the pipeline has previously been questioned over its relationship with Pakistan and easy-access to liquified natural gas markets seen as potential stumbling blocks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About Turkmenistan\u2013Afghanistan\u2013Pakistan\u2013India Pipeline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><b>TAPI<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Turkmenistan\u2013Afghanistan\u2013Pakistan\u2013India Pipeline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><b>TAPI<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), also known as <\/span><b>Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the Galkynysh \u2013 TAPI Pipeline Company Limited with participation of the Asian Development Bank.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pipeline will transport natural gas from the Galkynysh Gas Field in Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaders break ground on Afghan section of TAPI Context: The long-awaited mega gas pipeline project of Turk\u00admenistan, Afghanis\u00adtan, Pakis\u00adtan and India (TAPI) connecting the energy-rich Central Asian nation with the South Asian countries was inaugurated on Friday. 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