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DUSHANBE (TCA) — A court official in Tajikistan says prison sentences have been handed down to two brothers and a nephew of Gulmurod Halimov, a fugitive police colonel who joined the extremist group Islamic State (IS), RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — The Afghan railway administration department said that the establishment of a railway line between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan will be one of the most important topics of discussion during Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to Uzbekistan, TOLOnews reported.
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BAKU (TCA) — Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey have launched a rail link connecting the three countries, establishing a freight and passenger link between Europe and China that bypasses Russia and Armenia and will also serve Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries, RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service reports.
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ALMATY (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on October 30 said it is providing a five-year senior local currency loan in Kazakh tenge, which will be equivalent to US$ 11 million, to the major Kazakh food retailer Ramstore Kazakhstan LLP.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek said it handed over video surveillance equipment to the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) on 24 October in the city of Osh. The video equipment consisting of 18 security cameras will enhance security in the remand prison as well as contribute to prevention of torture and other cruel and degrading treatment or punishment in penitentiaries.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — With just weeks left in office, Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev is taking some time off to put the finishing touches on a “national strategy for Kyrgyzstan’s stable development through 2040”, RFE/RL reported.
