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OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — “The United States has spent some $115 billion in aid for Afghanistan, but 15 years after the hardline Islamist Taliban were toppled after the Sept. 11 attacks, a third of the country is out of government control and security forces are struggling,” Reuters wrote in a recent article. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — The NATO Liaison Office in Central Asia will be closed early next year, Rosaria Puglisi, head of the Liaison Office, said in an interview with Fergana information agency. The liaison office is currently based in Tashkent but coordinates the alliance’s activities and cooperation with all the countries in the region. Continue reading
LONDON (TCA) — Does the average citizen of a former Soviet republic of Central Asia have to worry about his country’s future prospect in relation to the election of a new President of the United States? One thing looks certain: Donald Trump’s arrival may deepen the gap between intervention-minded and isolationist groups within the America’s higher political and administrative echelons. Which side will gain the upper hand – Trump or no Trump – is an issue just one election does not determine, but it is crucial regarding the expectations of Central Asia and the world powers surrounding it. Continue reading
ALMATY (TCA) — During a Kazakh-Afghan Business Forum held in Almaty, entrepreneurs of the two countries have agreed on the supply of food products, the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan Atameken reported on November 9. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on October 27 approved $120 million in grants for Afghanistan and discussed the 2017-2020 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) that sets out the institution’s plans for supporting the country in ending poverty. Continue reading
OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — All unite against ISIS/Daesh, and after that, business as usual. That seems to be the bottom line where it comes to the eventuality of “negotiations” between the struggling government of Afghanistan and the Taliban terrorist movement, now widely described as “insurgents”. For the population, the result will be more terror in any case. Continue reading
