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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan’s Taliban has announced the start of their spring offensive, promising to target military assaults on U.S.-led coalition and Afghan security forces, RFE/RL reports.
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TEHRAN (TCA) — Iran has launched a major solar power plant as the country is pressing ahead with an ambitious agenda to use renewable energy resources, Iran’s PressTV news agency reported on April 27.
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SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (TCA) — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Government of Uzbekistan, and Germany’s GIZ held a business forum on April 27 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan to support regional horticulture export promotion efforts and competition development to boost economic growth in Central Asia.
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ASTANA (TCA) — During an April 27 presentation of the National Investment Strategy of Kazakh Invest, Kazakhstan’s Minister for Investment and Development Zhenis Kassymbek reported on new approaches to attracting investments and coordinating the activities of state bodies, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — More than 25 high-level officials from Kyrgyzstan and the EU on April 27 discussed enhanced support and cooperation being provided by a new Project financed by the European Union, designed to address issues relating to the reduction of both drug demand and drug supply in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) says it arrested 12 people in the Kaliningrad region for suspected involvement with an Islamic extremist group, RFE/RL reported on April 27.
