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KABUL (TCA) — The Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) says that trade between Afghanistan and Iran continues to increase, TOLOnews reports.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) First Vice President Phil Bennett will visit Uzbekistan this week to meet Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov and other senior officials and speak at the International Conference on Security and Sustainable Development in Central Asia. He will also open a new office of the Bank in the capital, Tashkent, on 8 November, which demonstrates the EBRD’s new stage of engagement with Uzbekistan, the EBRD press office said.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned an attack on the family home of an exiled Turkmen human rights activist in Turkmenistan’s northern city of Dashoguz, where his 76-year-old mother lives alone, RFE/RL reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Eldor Mannopov, Uzbekistan Managing Partner at Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, has been appointed as Honorary Consul of Canada in Uzbekistan.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — A brother of former Kyrgyzstan Prosecutor-General and opposition politician Aida Salyanova has been shot dead in his house in Bishkek, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Days after reports emerged that Russia is pushing ahead a plan to export natural gas to Pakistan and India through Iran, there appeared indications about the possible source of supply for the ambitious project, Iran’s PressTV news agency reported on November 5.
