Sergey Kwan
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Although the external environment is expected to improve, rising domestic vulnerabilities pose a significant risk to maintaining robust economic growth in Tajikistan, the World Bank said in its latest issue of the Country Economic Update for Tajikistan.
Sergey Kwan
KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani says the tourism sector in Afghanistan needs to be revived as it could draw millions of visitors a year, TOLOnews agency reports.
Sergey Kwan
KABUL (TCA) — Afghan officials said the Taliban have seized control of Kohistan district in Faryab province and Taywara district in Ghor province in northern and central Afghanistan, local media reported.
Lidia Savina
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s residents believe that the State Customs Service, State Service for Execution of Sentences, State Service for Combating Economic Crimes, and Ministry of Internal Affairs are the most corrupt government agencies in the country, according to a population confidence index survey conducted by the National Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan.
Sergey Kwan
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Central Asia is an important geopolitical area between Europe, Russia and China. It is in Central Asia that world powers have confronted each other for centuries; it is here that China needs to succeed with its new Silk Road Belt for direct access to the Western markets; and it is here that a large wealth of raw materials has its origin. Every week thousands of news appears all over the world in printed and online media and it is quite understandable that many of them may escape the attention of busy readers. At The Times of Central Asia, we strongly believe that more information can better contribute to peaceful development and better knowledge of the region, and for this reason we are presenting this Weekly Digest of Central Asia which compiles what other media have reported during the past week.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The cards may not have been completely shuffled but it is already clear who hold the trump card in the upcoming presidential polls in Kyrgyzstan scheduled for October 15: current Prime Minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov and outgoing President Almazbek Atambayev. The former is the leading candidate for the presidency, while the latter may occupy the post of PM in a new coalition government to be formed after the polls.
