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KABUL (TCA) — The Taliban has reportedly rejected an offer by the Afghan government for a cease-fire, with militant commanders vowing to carry on their attacks after Taliban fighters in the north seized nearly 200 hostages from a convoy of passenger buses, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The long-term development strategy of Kyrgyzstan until 2040 was approved earlier this month at the meeting of the National Sustainable Development Council of Kyrgyzstan chaired by President Sooronbai Jeenbekov.
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ASTANA (TCA) — More than 50 permanent jobs were created in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan as a result of the launch of a plant for the production of energy-efficient pumps in the Ili district. The German company WILO SE is the project’s investor. The plant’s official opening ceremony is scheduled for this week, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — In the city of Dubai, a representative office of Kazakh Invest National Company in the United Arab Emirates, together with the Foreign Trade Chamber of Kazakhstan, organized Kazakhstan’s Trade and Economic Mission to the UAE, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported on August 17.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The 7th session of the Kazakh-Kyrgyz Intergovernmental Council took place on August 17 in Astana with the participation of Kazakhstan Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev and Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has called a “conditional” cease-fire with the Taliban to mark the Eid al-Adha holiday, just hours after insurgents said they had seized a district center in the northern province of Faryab, RFE/RL reported.
