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BISHKEK (TCA) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance is close to making a decision on whether to increase its troop numbers in Afghanistan to help combat militants, RFE/RL reports.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan is considering introduction of a specific plastic card for tourists, entitled Uzbekistan Pass. As expected by the project initiators, it will provide an opportunity for foreign tourists to purchase goods and services throughout the country at a discount, Uzbekistan’s Jahon information agency reports.
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KABUL (TCA) — Officials from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on April 29 said that they would provide at least $300 million USD for infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, the country’s TOLOnews agency reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — “Development of transit container trains from Japan to Europe through China and Kazakhstan” seminar was held last week in Tokyo. The event was organized by Kazakhstan’s National Railways Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) with the support of the Kazakh Embassy in Japan, KTZ’s press office said.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Delegation of the European Union to Tajikistan said it is supporting a new project “Human Rights Protection for Prisoners and Ex-prisoners in Tajikistan” within the framework of the program “European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) Country Based Support Schemes (CBSS) for Tajikistan”. The project will be implemented by the Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association (DVV International) together with two local partners – Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law and NGO Jahon. The project is funded by the European Commission (75%) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (25%).
BISHKEK (TCA) — As the Russian authorities’ investigation of the April 3 bombing in St. Petersburg’s subway, allegedly organized and carried out by natives of Central Asia, has caused more questions than answers, we are republishing this article by Peter Leonard, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
