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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on July 8 welcomed the Intra-Afghan Dialogue Conference in Doha (Qatar) and said he hopes it will lead to direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) and the Development Bank of Kazakhstan (a subsidiary of the Baiterek National Managing Holding) have opened financing to construct Phase 1 of the Saryarka gas pipeline in Kazakhstan, the EDB said.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan has opened a criminal investigation after 14 prison inmates died of food poisoning while being transferred from Tajikistan’s northern Sogd region to prisons in Dushanbe, Norak, and Yovon in southern Tajikistan on July 7, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Free economic zones can be a driving force to attract foreign direct investment and technologies and accelerate the process of industrialization and increase trade in Central Asia.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Republic of Korea has launched a program of hiring citizens of Kyrgyzstan for seasonal agricultural work in South Korea, the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry said on July 5.
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KABUL (TCA) — The Afghan government on July 7 hailed a meeting of Afghan politicians and members of the Taliban in the Gulf state of Qatar as a crucial step in promoting peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan but once again reiterated that direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban were a must to end the ongoing conflict in the country, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.
