Afghanistan’s mining industry controlled by terrorists and gangs

OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — Precious metals and stones, along with ferrous and non-ferrous metals, worth according to some estimates up to 3 trillion dollars are waiting under Afghanistan’s soil to be exploited. But to do so appears to be a remote dream at best for mining entrepreneurs given what happens on the ground rather than beneath it, leaving mining activity to thugs and terrorists whose variety in Afghanistan is hardly less rich.

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The places tourists must visit in Kazakhstan

ALMATY (TCA) — The Russian version of the National Geographic magazine recently compiled a list of natural wonders of Kazakhstan that are worth to be visited by tourists, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on its website.  

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In Kazakhstan, instability is the lay of the land

ASTANA (TCA) — As Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev on May 5 postponed the implementation of a controversial law on the privatization of state-owned agricultural land in the country, we are republishing an article originally published by Stratfor, entitled “In Kazakhstan, instability is the lay of the land”, which analyzes the reasons behind the decision. The article is below:  

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