KABUL (TCA) — Civilians lives – including those of women and children – continue to be lost at record high levels amid a worsening toll of suicide attacks, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan said on July 17, calling on anti-government forces to stop indiscriminate attacks against civilians as well as on the Government to stop using mortars and rockets in populated areas, the UN News Centre reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Turkey has barred the entrance of thousands of people from the former Soviet Union, including from Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, whom it suspects of having ties to Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq, RFE/RL reports.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Kairat Abdrakhmanov took part in the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a post-Soviet security bloc including Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported on July 17.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — The European Union and Uzbekistan are to hold the highest-level political meeting since the death of longtime Uzbek President Islam Karimov in 2016, RFE/RL reports.

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TEHRAN (TCA) — As Tajikistan and Iran are experiencing political tensions after the Tajik government has restricted the activities of Iranian companies and forced some organizations related to Iran to shut down in Tajikistan, Iran’s foreign ministry said that the Islamic Republic’s issues with Tajikistan can be settled at the negotiating table, Iran’s IFP News agency reported on July 17.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — The event will take place in a new, two-stage format. On September 6-8, Tashkent will host the second International Fruit and Vegetable Fair, and territorial fruit and vegetable fairs will be held later, in November, in Nukus and in all regional centers of Uzbekistan, for the formation of a portfolio of orders for the next year and medium term, the Jahon information agency reported.

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