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ASTANA (TCA) — At a meeting on July 17, the Government of Kazakhstan reviewed the progress of privatization in the country, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — An Information Resource Centre for Public Environmental Awareness and Culture and Improving People’s Ecological Knowledge was opened by the Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan, with the support of the Group of Ecological Movement Deputies within the Legislative House of Uzbekistan’s parliament, the Oliy Majlis, and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, on 17 July in Tashkent.
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KABUL (TCA) — Officials from the British embassy and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on July 17 announced at an event in Kabul that they would provide $105 million to help educate underprivileged girls in Afghanistan, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — Afghan officials on July 17 rejected reports about the possibility of direct peace talks between the US and the Taliban, and maintained any negotiations would be an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led process, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The rapid growth and development of Kazakhstan’s capital Astana has been achieved largely at the expense of other regions of Kazakhstan and due to internal migration. We are republishing this article on the issue, written by Rafis Abazov*, originally published by the CACI Analyst:
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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has dismissed the Taliban’s rejection of his offer of peace talks, suggesting that the militant group can still be persuaded to come to the negotiating table. In an exclusive interview with RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan in Kabul on July 16, Ghani said the Taliban’s opposition to peace talks was not “a full rejection.”
