BISHKEK (TCA) — The death of the Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province on May 21 has put the Taliban movement back on a powder keg, also affecting the fragile peace process being negotiated between the Taliban and the Afghan government. Here below are excerpts from an analysis by Dr. Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari and Dr. Sadia Sulaiman, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation, that assess the death of Mullah Mansour and its impact on the Taliban leadership:

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The 4th meeting of the Kyrgyz-Swiss Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation took place in Bishkek on June 3.  

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ASTANA (TCA) — The Ministry of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan is now working on more than 200 projects involving small and medium investors, Minister of Investment and Development Aset Isekeshev said at an investment roundtable on June 3, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.  

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ASTANA (TCA) — Since the beginning of the property and capital legalization campaign in Kazakhstan, property and money have been legalized for 1.5 trillion tenge or around US $4.4 billion according to the exchange rate on June 2, Finance Minister Bakhyt Sultanov said on June 2, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Last year Kyrgyzstan’s export to Russia grew 28.6 percent, Kyrgyzstan Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Pankratov said at the 5th Kyrgyz-Russian inter-regional conference “Development of inter-regional ties in the context of Eurasian integration process,” held on June 2 in Ufa, the capital of Russia’s Bashkortostan Region.  

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