TASHKENT (TCA) — On September 14, the Ambassador of the United States to Uzbekistan, Pamela L. Spratlen; Deputy Minister of Health of Uzbekistan, Dr. Laziz Tuichiev; and Chairperson of the Board of the International NGO Charitable Foundation Sog’lom Avlod Uchun, Svetlana Inamova announced the arrival of a new food aid shipment provided by the USAID International Food Relief Partnership Program. In cooperation with the Government of Uzbekistan and other partners USAID will distribute over 112 metric tons of enriched food aid to 21,200 people across Uzbekistan, the press service of the US Embassy in Tashkent said.   

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KABUL (TCA) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged $1 billion in economic aid to Afghanistan after holding talks with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in New Delhi on September 14, RFE/RL reports.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Constitutional amendments, signed by Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov after approval by the rubber-stamp parliament and the Council of Elders on September 14, scrap a rule that barred anyone over the age of 70 from presidential ballots, thus paving the way for his potential lifelong rule, RFE/RL reports.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s commercial banks earned KZT 39.3 billion in July 2016, with the sector’s total profits exceeding KZT 240 billion since the beginning of the year, Ranking.kz reported.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — On the eve of the 25th anniversary of Uzbekistan’s independence, the Uzbek power industry completed two large-scale investment projects — the launch of a new combined-cycle unit at the Talimarjan thermal electric power plant (TPP) and the first trial run of a new power unit in the Angren TPP, the Jahon information agency reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Taking into account the situation in the world economy and international commodity markets, and the results of Kazakhstan’s economy since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of National Economy has updated its forecast of the country’s macroeconomic indicators for 2016, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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