From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Mon Feb 13 2006 - 10:10:57 EST
AFGHAN MINISTER ATTENDS PIPELINE MEETING IN ASHGABAT
Mines and Industries Minister Sediq Eishan will attend the ninth tripartite session of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) gas-pipeline project in Ashgabat on 13 and 14 February, Afghanistan National Television reported on 12 February. The TAP pipeline is a $3.45 billion undertaking designed to transport natural gas from the Dawlatabad field in Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then eventually, if the political climate between Islamabad and New Delhi permits, to India (see "RFE/RL Afghanistan Report," 27 February 2003). While Kabul and Islamabad have kept the TAP idea alive, and even New Delhi has hinted at possible interest, among the unknown factors is the actual size of the Turkmen gas fields. AT
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