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KABUL (TCA) — Officials from the Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development have said of the $403 million that was recently provided to Afghanistan by the World Bank, $100 million of which to be invested in the Women Economic Empowerment Rural Development Program, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan took part in the World Travel Market London (WTM London), the annual international tourism exhibition held in the British capital on 5-7 November, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — The U.S. State Department says it is exempting Iran’s big port project in Chabahar from sanctions in recognition of its importance to landlocked Afghanistan, RFE/RL reports.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Today Kazakhstan implements a digital agenda — digitalization is not only the provision of public services in a digital format, it is the development of the country’s economy in general, Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev said during the International Innovation Forum Digital Bridge on November 5, which brought together key representatives of the international IT community, recognized experts in the field of technology, business leaders, technology entrepreneurs, digital development professionals, scientists, and venture investors, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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KHORUGH, Tajikistan (TCA) — At least 100 people in Tajikistan’s restive Gorno-Badakhshan region rallied in the provincial capital, demanding an investigation into an incident in which a police officer shot and wounded three local men, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani inaugurated Afghanistan-China air cargo corridor on November 6, which will hopefully generate millions of dollars in revenue for Afghanistan a year, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.
