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TASHKENT (TCA) — Human rights groups have charged that the World Bank has funded more than $500 million in agricultural projects that are linked to forced labor and child labor in Uzbekistan, RFE/RL reports.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The town of Vahdat, some 25 kilometers east of Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, on June 27 hosted official celebratory events marking the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Tajik Peace Accord that ended a five-year civil war between the secular government and the coalition of opposition groups led by Islamic forces.
WASHINGTON (TCA) — The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) targets Central Asians in their home countries online and abroad, and thousands are believed to be fighting for ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Culturally vibrant and famously unstable, the Ferghana Valley is notorious for being a hotbed for terrorism in Central Asia — and it is the origin for many Central Asian fighters in the Middle East. Infamous for birthing the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, this valley is shared between Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and the porous borders make it easy for insurgents to pass between countries under the radar.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Turkmenistan said it scales up its programme on climate change and adaptation by expanding its work to the new regions of Turkmenistan to build resilience of the local population to effects of climate change.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — From June 27 to July 3, the U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan is conducting a series of concerts featuring the American blues band “Mem Shannon and the Membership Band”. This tour celebrates the 241st Independence Day of the United States of America.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The foreign-based independent website Chronicles of Turkmenistan reports that officers from the 22nd motor rifle division of the Turkmen armed forces have been accused of disseminating non-traditional Islam and sentenced to lengthy prison terms.
