Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: Simultaneously with the opening and practical work of the TAPI project and other development projects between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, economic and political experts in a conversation with AVA about the importance and advantages of these projects for Afghanistan say that one of the most important Its benefits are creating employment for the citizens of the country.
Seyed Gharibullah Sadat, a political expert in a conversation with Ava, referring to the expansion of Afghanistan's economic relations with Central Asian countries, said: In this project, while India will be connected to Turkmenistan through Afghanistan, it will also be useful for improving Afghanistan's economic situation.
He called Afghanistan benefiting from the gas pipeline as another advantage for the country and added: the opening of transit routes and creation of platforms for the country is considered as the driving force of Afghanistan's economic cycles.
This political affairs expert called the beginning of the practical steps of the TAPI project as one of the factors to prevent people's migration and said: the establishment of a railway is one of the serious needs of the country, which should have been done in Afghanistan 100 years ago.
While pointing out the other benefits of the TAPI project for Afghanistan, he considered the universalization of fiber optics in Afghanistan to facilitate commercial and social transactions in the country and added: Afghanistan has a special position not only in the political debate but also in the macro-strategic economic issues in the region. .
Mr. Sadat called receiving about 400 million dollars annually from the TAPI project as a good source of income and said: while part of the country's energy needs will be provided, the economic and strategic importance of Afghanistan in Central and South Asian countries will also be established. became.
At the same time, Azarakhsh Hafizi, an expert on economic issues, in an interview with AVA reporter, while pointing out the regional nature of the TAPI project, said: "This project is of great economic importance not only for Afghanistan but also for other countries participating in it."
He also looked at receiving the toll from the TAPI project as a source of income and considered one of its important advantages to be the expansion of the country's transit sector.
This economic affairs expert stated that; The Asian Development Bank is also one of the beneficiaries of this project, he added: The discussion of the formation of a security belt can also be defined in the surroundings and the consequences of these projects for the four member countries.
He called the economic participation of the member countries in the TAPI project and other development projects as the basis for the political, social and cultural coordination of these countries and said: Considering the neighboring countries of Afghanistan, which have railways for more than 100 years, our country is also ready to start The railway is in dire need.
Referring to the fiber optic project, Mr. Hafez considered it a strengthening of the telecommunication structures in Afghanistan and added that by expanding it throughout the country, the current shortages in this sector will be resolved.
He called the recognition of the government of the Islamic Emirate dependent and dependent on the healthy and successful management of the country's development projects and said; that the current managers of the caretaker government will improve their regional and international trust by successfully completing these projects.
It should be mentioned that the TAPI project, gas pipeline, Fabir Noori and other projects have the following advantages:
1. Annual receipt of about 400 million dollars in transit fees
2. Creating thousands of jobs directly and indirectly
3. Creating electrical substations
4. The benefits of TAPI gas in the first ten years: 500 million cubic meters
- Second ten years: 1 billion cubic meters
- The third ten years: 1.5 billion cubic meters