OSCE and Tajikistan outline priorities for cooperation for 2017

DUSHANBE (TCA) — The annual forum of the OSCE–Tajikistan Task Force took place on June 8 in Dushanbe, with high-ranking officials from the OSCE and the Tajik government as well as representatives of civil society highlighting their recent major achievements and identifying priorities for national and regional cooperation in 2017.

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Violence in Kazakhstan’s Aktobe: 19 killed

ALMATY (TCA) — The latest violence in Aktobe, here in Kazakhstan, is leaving the authorities and sideliners in the dark. If it was the work of a gang or terrorist group acting on the orders of either Daesh or Al-Qaeda from their remote strongholds in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan or part of a more secular conspiracy against the Kazakh state, no one seems to be able to explain.

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U.S. donates vehicles to Tajik border guards

DUSHANBE (TCA) — The United States Embassy in Dushanbe, working in conjunction with the Export Control and Related Border Security program (EXBS), has provided seven new, all-purpose, 4-wheel drive, double cab pickup trucks to the Government of Tajikistan to enhance border security operations and prevent the smuggling of weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. Embassy said on June 7.

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