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KABUL (TCA) — A report released by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Economy indicates that last year non-governmental organizations invested over US$884 million in more than 2,000 projects in various regions around the country, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan should create a competitive economy applying innovative technologies and open to attract investments, Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov said at a meeting with representatives of the business community on September 17. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — The Afghan Ministry of Industry and Commerce on September 18 said that Afghanistan’s exports increased by 32 percent in the first eight months of this year compared to the same period in 2017, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan and Germany aim to further strengthen strategic partnership in political, trade and economic areas with a particular focus on cooperation in the high-tech Industry 4.0 and education. This was discussed on September 17 in Astana at a meeting of Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Abdrakhmanov with Minister of State of the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany Niels Annen, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — A report by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has charged Kyrgyzstan with allowing systemic human-rights violations due to "a culture of abduction, rape, and forced marriage." Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The government of Kyrgyzstan is using a "dangerously overbroad" interpretation of extremism to convict hundreds of people and sentence them to long prison terms, a leading human rights monitor said, RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
