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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Foreign Ministry of Kyrgyzstan says a former senior member of the ruling Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) who was expelled in August has asked for political asylum in the United States, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — NATO has announced it will increase the number of troops in Afghanistan from the current 13,000 to 16,000 to aid the Kabul government in its fight against the Taliban, RFE/RL reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Two rural municipalities in Chui oblast of Kyrgyzstan properly equipped kindergartens thanks to joint financing with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the Embassy of Switzerland in Kyrgyzstan said on November 9.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The first container train, launched from Kokshetau station in Kazakhstan, has arrived in the Turkish city of Mersin along the new Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line, the press-office of Kazakhstan’s national railways company KTZ said.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — On November 10, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini, and the European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica will visit Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to take part in the 13th annual EU-Central Asia ministerial meeting.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Following the launch of a broad reform programme in Uzbekistan, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has taken its engagement with the country to a new level by opening an office and signing the first new projects since 2010, the Bank said.
