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The TAP interconnection project moves forward (Afghanistan)

The governments of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan have signed a framework agreement for the proposed 4,000 MW Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) Power Interconnection project. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will play a pivotal role and will support the project, in particular regarding the coordination of the project planning and the provision of financing.



The interconnection project will involve the construction of 500 km of 500-kV transmission lines between the three countries and will be divided in two concurrent phases. The first phase, due by 2021, will use the existing infrastructure under the ADB-financed Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TUTAP) power interconnection project. The second phase will be finished by 2022 and will enable the transfer of power from Turkmenistan through the border of Serhetabad (Turkmenistan) and Torghundy into Herat, Kandahar, and Spin Boldak (Afghanistan) and export to Chaman and Quetta (Pakistan).