By Bruce Pannier According to media in Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, September 11 was a big day for both countries. Taliban acting Prime Minister Muhammad Hassan Akhund, chairman of Turkmenistan’s Halk Maslahaty (People’s Council) Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and hundreds of construction workers gathered at the Islim Cheshme border point for the launch of construction on the Afghan section of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline. In his speech at the ceremony, Berdimuhamedov called the occasion a “truly historic event for Turkmenistan and Afghanistan”, but outside those…