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ASTANA (TCA) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, the United Nations Development Programme, the Government of Japan and Japan International Cooperation Agency on 19 August launched a pilot project of Kazakhstan’s ODA aimed at expanding economic independence and rights of Afghan women and entitled “Promoting Kazakhstan’s ODA Cooperation with Afghanistan”. The project will mark Kazakhstan’s first international cooperation for Afghanistan in the framework of national system of Official Development Assistance (ODA), while it helps Kazakhstan to strengthen its ability to administer its future ODA. The project is financed by the Government of Japan through the UNDP-Japan Partnership Fund, UNDP Kazakhstan reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — As the Taliban are taking control of more territories in Afghanistan, we are republishing this article originally published by Stratfor: Continue reading
TURKMENABAT, Turkmenistan (TCA) — Residents of the eastern Turkmenistan city of Turkmenabat say local police have been enforcing an 11 p.m. curfew for the past several days without giving any explanation, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service reports. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — The leader of the Islamic State (IS) group's branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed in an air strike late last month in a border region between the two countries, RFE/RL reported citing U.S. and Afghan officials. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — A new report published by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction says the Afghan government lost control of nearly 5 percent of its territory between January and May 2016, despite the delayed U.S. troop withdrawal from the country, RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — Today, July 29, Afghanistan has become the 164th member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Continue reading
