KABUL (TCA) — A meeting of the US-Europe Group for Afghan Peace was held in Berlin on June 4 with the participation of US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, the head of the UN mission in Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto, special envoys from the EU member countries and Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Idris Zaman. They held wide-ranging discussions on meetings on peace in Afghanistan in Norway, Germany, and Qatar, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s former prosecutor-general Aida Salyanova has been arrested over the early release in 2013 of one of the country’s most notorious crime bosses, Aziz Batukaev.

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KABUL (TCA) — Almost half of all rural Afghans now face some level of food insecurity, a UN agency said on June 3, as an historic drought and deteriorating security grip the country, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — A delegation from Kazakhstan participated in the 25th International Conference on The Future of Asia in Tokyo, Japan. During the event, the delegation consisting of the Ambassadors-at-Large Yerlan Khairov and Batyrkhan Kurmanseit as well as representatives of Kazakh Invest national investment promotion company conducted a series of meetings with leading technology companies and organizations of Japan, Kazakh Invest said.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has increased the number of countries whose citizens can obtain tourist visas in a simplified procedure and expanded the e-visa validity period in a bid to boost tourism, Xinhua news agency reported with reference to the Uzbek Foreign Ministry.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The upcoming developments in Kazakhstan in the months to come will show whether the June 9 snap presidential elections are just a face change or they will lead to the emergence of an entirely new political model. We are republishing the following article on the issue, written by Rafis Abazov*:

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