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TASHKENT (TCA) — Authorities in Uzbekistan have released a U.S. citizen who was detained on suspicion of joining a terrorist group and fighting alongside Islamist insurgents in Afghanistan, RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan has upheld a decision to extradite a Kazakh opposition activist to his homeland despite concerns by human rights activists that he could face torture and ill-treatment if returned, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Union-funded 9th phase of the Border Management in Central Asia (BOMCA) programme will be extended until December 14th, 2019. The decision was made by the European Commission and supported by all five Central Asian States. The European Union allocated an additional amount of 1.6 million EUR for the extension period, and therefore all five Central Asian countries have signed addendums to their financing agreements with the EU.
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ASTANA (TCA) — 2.5 million hectares of forest landscape will be restored by countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia under the Bonn Challenge by 2030. The commitment was made by Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan at the first Ministerial Roundtable on Forest Landscape Restoration and the Bonn Challenge in the Caucasus and Central Asia, held on 21-22 June in Astana, Kazakhstan. The meeting also adopted the Astana Resolution, committing the region to go beyond 2.5 million ha, and strengthen partnerships and regional cooperation to this end.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Tashkent has hosted the Uzbek-Spanish business forum, organized by the State Committee for Investments of Uzbekistan and the Spanish Agency for Export and Investment (ICEX), the Jahon information agency reports.
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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan and Uzbekistan officials discussed the establishment of a free trade zone in the border areas between the two neighboring countries at a meeting in Uzbekistan’s Termez city last week, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.
