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BISHKEK (TCA) — Gold production at the Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan in 2017 was 562,749 ounces or 17,503.46 kg. Gold sales in 2017 were 550,134 ounces or 17,111.09 kg with a revenue totaling $685.2 million. Contribution to the national budget in taxes and mandatory payments in 2017 was more than 8.7 billion soms, Kumtor Gold Company said on March 14.
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ASTANA (TCA) — GDP growth in Kazakhstan in January-February 2018 was 4% against 2.5% in the same period last year. Such dynamics is due to the growth of the manufacturing industry and the services sector, Minister of National Economy, Timur Suleimenov, said at the meeting of the Government on March 13 while reporting on the results of the country’s socio-economic development for the first two months of the year, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Regarding possible participation of the Taliban in the forthcoming Tashkent international conference on Afghanistan, “a request for participation in the conference has been received neither through the Foreign Ministry of Afghanistan nor directly” from the Taliban group, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan said, as reported by the Jahon information agency.
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KABUL (TCA) — Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has accused the United States of supporting Daesh (Islamic State) in Afghanistan to fuel regional terrorism and threaten neighboring countries, Afghanistan’s TOLOnews reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — A court in Kazakhstan has branded an opposition political movement established by Mukhtar Ablyazov, a fugitive critic of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, as an extremist organization, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has arrived in Kabul for an unannounced visit to take stock of the war and the prospects of drawing some elements of the Taliban into peace talks with the Afghan government, RFE/RL reports.
