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BISHKEK (TCA) — A shoot-out on a disputed section of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in the Ferghana Valley on September 16 left one border guard dead and more than 20 other people wounded, officials from both countries say, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan’s Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, Amandurdy Ishanov, has been sentenced to an unspecified prison term on corruption charges just days after being sacked from his post, RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service reported.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Investment opportunities in Kazakhstan’s agriculture and measures of state support for investors were presented during a major agricultural forum in Rennes (France) last week. The event gathered over a hundred participants, including representatives of the government, agriculture associations, and business community of France, Kazakh Invest national investment promotion company reported.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Over 180,000 citizens of Khujand, the second-largest city in Tajikistan, will have regular access to safe drinking water and improved wastewater services thanks to a joint investment of US$ 8.85 million by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the EBRD said.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is pledging fresh funds to support Kazakhstan’s drive as a regional leader to promote renewable energy, with the help of a second phase of the Bank’s Kazakhstan Renewables Framework of up to €300 million, the Bank said on September 13.
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KABUL (TCA) — The Afghan Taliban on September 15 revoked their ban on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and restored its guarantee for the security of ICRC staff doing humanitarian work in Afghanistan, RFE/RL reported.
