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Kyrgyz President says country will not host US military bases
Oct 23, 2021 10:33Kyrgyzstan will not host a US military base on its territory as Russia's presence was "enough," Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov said on Saturday.
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Taliban say targeting Afghan provincial cities in retaliation for US aerial raids
Aug 06, 2021 03:58The Taliban have switched strategy from targeting rural areas of Afghanistan to attacking provincial cities in response to increased US airstrikes across the war-ravaged country, militant sources say.
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North-South corridor safer, cheaper alternative to Suez Canal: Iran's envoy
Apr 09, 2021 08:47Iran’s Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali said the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) can serve as a safer and cheaper alternative to the Suez Canal, which had been blocked for nearly a week in March, causing billions of dollars in damages every day.
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Spread of terror, Afghan insecurity endanger Kyrgyzstan, Iran: FM
Apr 06, 2021 06:28In a visit to Kyrgyzstan, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has mentioned that instability in Afghanistan and the spread of terrorism in the broader region are common threats facing the two Asian states.
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FM to visit Central Asia next week for talks on mutual, regional cooperation: Spokesman
Apr 02, 2021 12:26Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will pay an official visit to four Central Asian countries next week for talks on enhancing bilateral and regional cooperation.
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Iranian railway to provide landlocked Afghanistan with a lifeline
Jul 08, 2020 23:47A 610-kilometer railway connecting Iran’s only ocean port of Chabahar to Zahedan near the eastern border would provide a lifeline to the landlocked Afghanistan, a country where the transport system has been hampered by years of war and a fierce rivalry between two major neighbors of India and Pakistan.
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Trials and tribulations of Central Asia integration
Dec 13, 2019 10:42Crossing Tajikistan from west to northeast – Dushanbe to the Tajik-Kyrgyz border – and then Kyrgyzstan from south to north all the way to Bishkek via Osh, is one of the most extraordinary road trips on earth. Not only this is prime Ancient Silk Road territory but now is being propelled as a significant stretch of the 21st century New Silk Roads.
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Russia: Daesh setting up base in Afghanistan to target ex-Soviet countries
Nov 07, 2019 14:49Russia says the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group is establishing a base in Afghanistan to target ex-Soviet countries, days after the group’s leader was declared dead following a raid by US troops.
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Four killed, 18 wounded in Kyrgyz-Tajik border clash
Sep 17, 2019 11:23Three Tajik soldiers and one Kyrgyz serviceman were killed and more than a dozen on both sides wounded in an overnight border clash, the authorities in Bishkek and Dushanbe said on Tuesday, blaming each other for the incident.
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US seeking to move Daesh to Central Asia, Afghanistan: General Vahidi
Jan 26, 2018 11:17President of the Supreme National Defense University of Iran Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi raised the alarm about Washington’s continued support for the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and said the US is seeking to move the extremists to Central Asia and Afghanistan.