BISHKEK (TCA) — As the security situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated in the recent weeks threatening neighboring Central Asian countries, we are republishing the following article by Umed Partov, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor:

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The government plans in the next 15 years to turn agrarian Tajikistan into an industrial-agrarian country by developing entrepreneurship and increasing private investment, Tajikistan’s Prime Minister Kohir Rasulzoda said at the meeting with domestic and foreign entrepreneurs and investors on October 14, Avesta news agency reports.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The Turkmen parliament on October 15 defined February 12, 2017 as the date of the next presidential election in Turkmenistan, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The Islamic Development Bank will provide a $700 million loan to finance the construction of the Turkmen section of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline. The agreement was signed in Washington, DC during the recently-held IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings. The State Bank for Foreign Economic Activities represents the Government of Turkmenistan in that agreement, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Times of Central Asia presents to its readers Stratfor’s Global Intelligence, a weekly review of the most important events that happened in the world — from Europe to Middle East to Russia to Central Asia to Afghanistan to China and the Americas.

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