BISHKEK (TCA) — Central Asia lies at the crossroads of rail routes connecting China and Europe, and the region is now in the spotlight of rivalry between Moscow and Beijing for the control of transcontinental rail shipments. We are republishing this article by Nurlan Aliyev on the issue, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor:
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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan has to solve the issue of ensuring security in cooperation with neighboring countries and countries of the region which are facing the same challenges and threats, Afghanistan’s former President Hamid Karzai said in an exclusive interview with Russia’s Sputnik news agency.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The time of delivery of Kazakhstan’s grain to China by rail has been reduced fourfold with the launch of a new train service from Atbasar railway station, the press-office of Kazakhstan’s national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) said.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The new President of Kyrgyzstan, Sooronbai Jeenbekov, has awarded his predecessor Almazbek Atambayev with the title of a National Hero.
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ASTANA (TCA) — A court in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on November 27 sentenced Makhambet Abzhan, a local property rights activist, to 3 1/2 years in jail after finding him guilty on charges of fraud. The Saryarqa District Court also ordered the confiscation of Abzhan’s property, RFE/RL reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $44.76 million grant to develop Afghanistan’s first 20 megawatts (MW) on-grid solar photovoltaic plant and boost the country’s renewable energy generation and supply, ADB’s Country Office in Afghanistan said on November 26.
