A ground-breaking ceremony was held in Herat on Friday to launch the start of work on the Afghanistan section of the key Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project that will feed natural gas to the three countries from Turkmenistan. 

Attending Friday’s ceremony was President Ashraf Ghani, Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Mobashar Jawed Akbar India's Minister of State External Affairs, NATO and US Forces Commander Gen. John Nicholson and other high-ranking officials.

Addressing the event, Ghani said Afghanistan will leave no stone unturned to implement the project.  

In this episode of Mehwar, host Jamalnasir Farahmand discusses the topic with following guests: 

Suhrab Bahman, spokesman for Ministry of Commerce and Industries 

Reza Farzam, a lecturer from Kabul University 

Zaman Hashimi, an economic affairs analyst