BISHKEK (TCA) — The United Nations Country Team in Kyrgyzstan has made a decision to stop using single-use plastics at meetings and events supported by the United Nations. “We will work with hotels, service providers, and partners to urge them to follow our green policy. It is aimed at deepening environmental awareness about the major environmental challenges created by omnipresent global products, especially plastic bottles and plastic shopping bags,” the UN in Kyrgyzstan said.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — A U.S. citizen who returned to visit relatives in Uzbekistan has been detained on suspicion of joining a terrorist group and fighting alongside Islamist insurgents in Afghanistan, authorities say, RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service reported.

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KABUL (TCA) — Afghan peace activists have arrived in Kabul after trekking some 700 kilometers on foot calling for an end to Afghanistan’s nearly 17-year war, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Moscow police say a taxi driver whose car plowed into pedestrians and injured soccer fans near Red Square on June 16 reported that he fell asleep and confused his brake and gas pedals, RFE/RL reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Running a marathon has been on Seitek Abdulhairov’s mind for a while. But with persistent pain and numbness in his lower back sometimes preventing him from walking or sitting, it has been impossible to plan any training. A couple of visits to the Unit – Reactiv – Farma (URFA)’s rehabilitation centre in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, he is now hopeful that he will make a full and speedy recovery, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) reported on its website.

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KABUL (TCA) — The World Bank has said it will fund an economic corridor along the Khyber Pass between Afghanistan and Pakistan in order to boost trade between the two nations and Central Asia, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.

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