Afghan president visits Tajikistan

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon signed a Joint Statement on expansion and strengthening of cooperation between Tajikistan and Afghanistan following their talks on May 10.    Continue reading

CASA-1000 power transmission project to be inaugurated in May

BISHKEK (TCA) — The $1 billion-plus Central Asia-South Asia electricity transmission project (CASA-1000) will be inaugurated on May 12 by top officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The project is supported by the World Bank Group, Islamic Development Bank, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), and Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). Continue reading