Afghanistan, Turkmenistan begin work on long-delayed gas pipeline

A Taliban security official walks at the construction site of railway tracks during the inauguration ceremony of the TAPI pipeline project, at the Turghundi border post in Kushk district of Herat province in Afghanistan on Sept. 11, 2024.

Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and neighboring Turkmenistan on Wednesday marked the resumption of work on a long-delayed gas pipeline designed to run through the two countries, Pakistan and India.