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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The US State Department says that Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, David Hale, will travel to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on August 20-23.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The financial police in Bishkek have questioned a former Kyrgyz presidential candidate 10 days after he returned from nearly two years of self-imposed exile, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Authorities in Uzbekistan say they have opened criminal proceedings against Gulnara Karimova, the elder daughter of late President Islam Karimov who has been jailed in a Tashkent prison since March, over embezzlement allegations, RFE/RL reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has vowed to “eliminate” all safe havens of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group after at least 63 people, including children, were killed in a Kabul bombing at a wedding hall late on August 17 claimed by a local IS affiliate, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Tashkent last week hosted the first Forum of Public Councils that brought together more than 150 representatives of the public councils throughout Uzbekistan, media, active citizens, and foreign experts to discuss development of public councils and ongoing reforms in the country. The Forum was organized by the Partnership for Innovations (P4I) project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Yuksalish Nationwide Movement and the Civil Society Development Association (ARGO) of Kazakhstan, the US Embassy in Uzbekistan reported.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Minister of Trade and Integration Bakhyt Sultanov, speaking at a government meeting last week, said that his ministry had begun updating the National Export Strategy, taking into account the new foreign trade challenges and business needs, the press service of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
