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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom on August 20 announced its intention to continue to flex down production by 20% through 2021, compared to the planned levels under Subsoil Use Contracts. The company will now begin working with joint venture partners to assess the impact and implement the plan across all of Kazakhstan’s uranium mines.
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KABUL (TCA) — The United States has announced an additional amount of nearly $125 million in humanitarian assistance to meet the needs of vulnerable Afghans inside Afghanistan, including internally displaced persons, conflict and flood-affected communities, and Afghan returnees. This brings the total U.S. funding in this fiscal year to the Afghan humanitarian response to nearly $190 million, including for Afghan refugees in the region, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul said on August 20.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev’s pretrial detention has been prolonged until October 26.
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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.
