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BISHKEK (TCA) — A Kyrgyz court in Bishkek on January 24 upheld the 2010 guilty verdict and life imprisonment sentence against ethnic Uzbek rights activist Azimjan Askarov.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Syrian peace talks ended in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, today, January 24, with Iran, Russia and Turkey agreeing on creation of a mechanism to monitor the fragile Syrian cease-fire.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s latest nuclear safety fund is making progress. Framework agreements have been signed with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan which will provide the legal basis for implementation of projects in these countries, the EBRD reported on January 23.
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KABUL (TCA) — The Taliban on January 23 called on President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, saying it is a “quagmire” that has produced little but 15 years of destruction and death, RFE/RL reports.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has proposed a plan to abolish long-standing rules requiring Uzbek citizens to obtain government permission if they want to travel abroad, RFE/RL reports.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Dozens of oil workers are facing court hearings in Kazakhstan’s western region of Manghystau after a local court found their hunger strike illegal, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reports.
