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KABUL (TCA) — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on December 8 concluded the Article IV consultation with Afghanistan and completed the second review of the arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Afghanistan.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — In January-November 2017, the GDP growth in Turkmenistan made up 6.5 percent. It was said at the Turkmen Government meeting on December 8 reviewing the country’s economic development results for eleven months of the year, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — Work on the implementation of Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) gas pipeline project will start in Afghanistan in the next three months, the Afghan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said on December 10, TOLOnews agency reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The first automobile ferry with Kazakhstan and transit cargoes has been sent from the Kuryk ferry complex on Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea coast, the press service of Kazakhstan’s national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) said.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s major mobile operator Alfa Telecom CJSC (MegaCom trademark) will be sold in the near future, Prime Minister Sapar Isakov said at a press conference in Bishkek on December 7.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Although a close political and economic ally of Russia, Kazakhstan remains cautious about Moscow’s growing influence and expansionist ambitions. This made Astana adopt a new military doctrine which reflects the new challenges the Central Asian country may potentially face. We are republishing this article by Deirdre Tynan* on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
