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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.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Representatives of the Syrian government and armed opposition, as well as officials from Russia, Iran, and Turkey, have gathered for Syrian peace talks in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, scheduled for January 23-24.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Canadian-based gold mining company Centerra Gold Inc. and Kumtor Gold Company have said gold production at the Kumtor mine, the largest gold mine in Kyrgyzstan, was 550,960 ounces, or 17,136.78 kg, of gold for the full year 2016.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan produced more than 8.2 million tons of grain crops in 2016, 87.2 thousand tons or 1.1 percent more than in the previous year, the Jahon information agency reports with reference to the country’s State Statistics Committee.
