ASTANA (TCA) — With the commissioning of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line this year, cargo from China will be transported through Kazakhstan along a shorter route to Turkey and on to Europe. This was said during a working trip to Azerbaijan and Georgia by Kanat Alpysbayev, the head of Kazakhstan’s national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the company’s press service reported on July 25. Alpysbayev visited the objects of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line, whose commissioning is planned for October this year.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan is playing host to the 2nd Military Sports Games of friendly armies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a loose association of post-Soviet republics.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has approved measures to improve tax administration and increase tax collection in the country, the official Jahon information agency reported.

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KABUL (TCA) — The Taliban has seized control of a district in southeastern Afghanistan, the third to fall to the militants in three days, RFE/RL reported citing a local official.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — On July 24, President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev held a press conference at the State Residence in Cholpon-Ata at Lake Issyk-Kul. During more than three hours, he answered about 60 questions from journalists and political analysts on a wide range of topics.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has launched a 24-hour television news channel that officials say marks a step away from isolation for the Central Asian country, RFE/RL reports.

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