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BISHKEK (TCA) — Pakistan’s prime minister says U.S. President Donald Trump’s strategy for the war in Afghanistan is doomed to failure, RFE/RL reports.
ALMATY (TCA) — Kazakh authorities are targeting opposition activism and those few independent media outlets remaining in the country, and power succession is turning into a relevant issue in Kazakhstan as the country’s aging president will sooner or later quit the political scene. We are republishing this article by Aigerim Toleukhanova on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
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BISHKEK (TCA) — On August 25, Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament elected the youngest ever Prime Minister in the country’s history — 40-year-old Sapar Isakov. The ex-Head of President’s Staff introduced his Government, which includes several young professionals, and its program.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Central Asia is an important geopolitical area between Europe, Russia and China. It is in Central Asia that world powers have confronted each other for centuries; it is here that China needs to succeed with its new Silk Road Belt for direct access to the Western markets; and it is here that a large wealth of raw materials has its origin. Every week thousands of news appears all over the world in printed and online media and it is quite understandable that many of them may escape the attention of busy readers. At The Times of Central Asia, we strongly believe that more information can better contribute to peaceful development and better knowledge of the region, and for this reason we are presenting this Weekly Digest of Central Asia which compiles what other media have reported during the past week.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Russian Foreign Minister says the new US strategy for Afghanistan makes it possible to contact the Taliban without preconditions that they must meet, Sputnik news agency reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Building a common security system for the OSCE area based on trust and co-operation is incompatible with national security strategies based on nuclear deterrence, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen said on August 25 at the 62nd Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs in Astana, Kazakhstan.
