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BISHKEK (TCA) — U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected the possibility of negotiations with the Taliban anytime soon following a series of deadly attacks in Afghanistan, RFE/RL reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s former interior minister has been detained, according to two law enforcement officials in the Central Asian state, though it remains unclear on what charges, RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service reports.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Central Asian countries, and Kazakhstan in particular, have high numbers of road traffic accidents resulting in deaths and injuries every year. The problem can be solved by joint efforts of the governments and the public, and introduction of international best practices in the road traffic safety sphere. We are presenting this article by Aliya Karakulova, Senior Operations Officer, Transport and ICT for Central Asia, China, and Mongolia, at the World Bank Central Asia Regional Office in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The article was originally published on the World Bank website:
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — A plant to assemble Turkey’s AKIA buses will be opened in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe in the near future, First Deputy Mayor of Dushanbe Mahmadsaid Zuvaidzoda told journalists, Avesta news agency reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — More than half of all investments attracted to the economy of Uzbekistan have come to the oil and gas industry. It was said at the government meeting held on January 25 under the chairmanship of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Jahon information agency reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan is attracting strategic investors to the energy saving sphere. One of the mechanisms for achieving this goal is the creation of an Energy Efficiency Map, a single national list of projects in the field of energy saving and energy efficiency improvement, indicating the sources of financing, schedules and action plans for their implementation, Olzhas Alibekov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Institute for Development of Electricity and Energy Saving JSC, said at a briefing on January 26, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
