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BISHKEK (TCA) — A new plant for production of plastic pipes for drip irrigation has officially opened in Ala-Buka village of Ala-Buka district in Jalal-Abad province in southern Kyrgyzstan, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said.
LONDON (TCA) — A prominent human rights activist has been forcibly subjected to psychiatric treatment in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. On March 1, 2017 Yelena Urlayeva, the chairperson of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan (HRAU) was arrested by police, who called an emergency psychiatric ambulance which transported her to hospital.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The government of Turkmenistan is working on a draft concept for the establishment of free economic zones in the country until 2023, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani says that Russian officials have assured the Afghan government that contacts between Russia and the Taliban are aimed only at persuading the insurgent group to endorse peace talks with the Afghan government, TOLOnews agency reported on March 19.
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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan’s Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development last week said that Germany was set to inject nearly 20 million euros into Afghanistan’s National Employment Program, TOLOnews agency reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Russia plans to host international talks on the conflict in Afghanistan on April 14, Hanif Atmar, the Afghan president’s national security adviser, told RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan on March 18.
