{"id":19273,"date":"2026-08-08T14:01:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/08\/08\/taliban-progress-tap-pipeline-project-eastern-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:01:23","slug":"taliban-progress-tap-pipeline-project-eastern-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/08\/08\/taliban-progress-tap-pipeline-project-eastern-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Administration Reports Progress on TAP Pipeline Project in Eastern Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic Deputy of the Taliban administration&#8217;s Prime Minister&#8217;s office announced that 116 kilometers of the TAP pipeline project have been developed in eastern Afghanistan, with an additional 135 kilometers prepared for further construction.<\/p>\n<p>According to this office, Afghanistan&#8217;s geographical location provides significant potential for implementing economic projects and expanding regional cooperation. The deputy office added that preparation works for other sections of the project are also underway.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban administration also claimed that the TAP project is on track to be completed by the end of 2026. However, no details have been released regarding the financing, practical progress, or tangible economic impacts for the citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The TAP project aims to transport gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India. It has faced years of security and financial challenges. If completed, the project could transform Afghanistan into a key energy transit route in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban report progress on the TAP gas pipeline in eastern Afghanistan, aiming for completion by 2026 amid ongoing challenges and regional cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}