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KABUL (TCA) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis rebuffed suggestions that private military forces could join the fight in Afghanistan, and possibly replace regular U.S. troops in the country, RFE/RL reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s future growth depends on reforms that provide a level playing field for the private sector and support economic diversification, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB’s) Country Diagnostic Study launched on August 28.
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ALMATY, Kazakhstan (TCA) — A closing ceremony of the summer camp for youth from Aktobe and Karaganda regions of Kazakhstan took place at the Suleiman Demirel University on August 27. The camp was organized by UNDP with the support of the Ministry of Social Development of Kazakhstan and with the financial support of the Government of Japan.
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KABUL (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov on August 27 met with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul where they discussed issues of mutual interest between the two nations with a special focus on major economic, regional and transit projects, Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace process and the fight against terrorism, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry says that multiparty talks in Moscow aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan have been postponed after a request from the Afghan president.
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KABUL (TCA) — A Tajik or Russian plane carried out an air strike on August 26 in Afghanistan’s northeastern Takhar Province after clashes erupted near Tajikistan’s border, Afghan officials said on August 27, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reports.
