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ALMATY, Kazakhstan (TCA) — Protesters in Kazakhstan have gathered for a third day to pressure President Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev to cancel a planned trip to neighboring China over perceived corruption and mounting Chinese influence through financial assistance to the Central Asian country, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reports.
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KABUL (TCA) — China has reportedly looked into the possibility of expanding the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to war-ravaged Afghanistan, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — Nine former U.S. ambassadors have warned that Afghanistan could collapse in a “total civil war” if the United States withdraws its forces before a “real” peace deal involving the Kabul government is reached with the Taliban, RFE/RL reported.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Hundreds of protesters rallied in Kazakhstan’s volatile southwestern town of Zhanaozen for the second day on September 3 demanding President Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev cancel his upcoming visit to China, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The government in Uzbekistan will compensate for nearly a third of the purchase price of solar panels if citizens decide to use solar power to generate electricity and heat water, Xinhua news agency reported citing an Uzbek energy official.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — This year it is planned to harvest 19 million tons of grain in Kazakhstan, the Minister of Agriculture Saparkhan Omarov said at a press conference in the Government of Kazakhstan on September 3.
