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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.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Several illegally constructed facilities have recently been demolished in the Kyrgyz capital including a 4-storey office building in downtown Bishkek (at the intersection of Toktogul Street and Manas Avenue).
LONDON (TCA) — In Kazakhstan, two former prime ministers are serving jail terms now, and shadows are packing on top of dozens of other members of the upper circle and hundreds within slightly lower echelons.
