Herat’s governor Maulana Islam Jar’s press office said Monday progress around the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project is progressing rapidly and that since early last month, 6 km of pipeline has already been laid in the country.

According to a statement issued by the provincial press office, Abdullayev, the General Director of the TAPI project in Afghanistan, met with Jar and updated him on the project’s progress.

At the meeting, Jar assured Abdullayev of their full cooperation in providing necessary facilities to accelerate the TAPI project.

Last month, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) spokesman confirmed the start of practical work on the Afghanistan section of TAPI.

The first phase of the project will reportedly take two years to complete.

According to TAPI project officials, once completed, 12,000 people in Afghanistan will have job opportunities, and Afghanistan’s annual income from this project will be close to one billion dollars.

The TAPI pipeline is 1,821 kilometers long and will have an annual transport capacity of 33 billion cubic meters of natural gas, making it one of the largest regional infrastructure projects.