A map of the proposed route of TAPI by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (image from Wikipedia)

The Economic Times: Mines and petroleum minister Daud Shah Saba told the upper house of his country’s parliament this week that the force will provide security during the implementation of the project and demining of the route of the pipeline within Afghanistan. He said procurement for demining will be completed by next month and work on clearing the pipeline passage will begin in April 2016. Click here to read more (external link).