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U.S. NSA McMaster continues staffing NSC with traditional GOP foreign poli
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C. [U.S.A.], Apr. 4 (ANI): United States National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster has offered the post of senior director for South and Central Asia to Lisa Curtis, a conservative expert and senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, two White House officials confirmed.
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Two Central Asians suspected in St. Petersburg metro blast
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Apr. 4 (ANI): Investigators in Russia are looking for two suspects, a man and a girl from Central Asia, in the wake of a bomb blast in the St Petersburg metro system, in which at least eleven people were killed and several others injured.
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Envoy highlights Kazakhstan's policies, achievements at seminar on Ce
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar.30 (ANI): Participating in a seminar on Central Asia post the Cold War, Kazakhstan's Ambassador Bulat Sarsenbayev drew particular attention to Kazakhstan's domestic and foreign policies as well as its political, economic and cultural achievements.
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India, Kyrgyzstan should work together to secure youth against terrorism,
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.20 (ANI): Maintaining that India and Kyrgyzstan share a common pursuit of making Central Asia a region of sustainable peace, stability and prosperity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called on President Almazbek Atambaev to work together to safeguard people a
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PM stresses on connectivity to Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Central Asia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed on the need to develop the existing port and transport infrastructure and connectivity through road and rail network to Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Central Asia.
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CM hands over cheques of financial package to displaced Kashmiri Pandits
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec. 12 (ANI): Asserting that China is setting up an economic corridor in that will connect the Central Asia with China for trade and commerce, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said Jammu and Kashmir is also centrally-located, and thus, the country can make
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"We see Afghanistan as hub for strengthening links of connectivity&qu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): Highlighting the issues of connectivity between Afghanistan and other South Asian and Central Asian countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that one should work to build stronger positive connectivity between Kabul and other countries of the reg
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Heart of Asia Conference to help India gain access to Central Asian market
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Dec. 4 (ANI): India's former Ambassador to Afghanistan Gautam Mukhopadhyay has said that one of the key takeaways for New Delhi from the Heart of Asia Conference would be unbridled market access to Central Asian and Afghanistan markets, and added that the conf
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'CPEC spillover to benefit entire region' says Sharif at CAREC c
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct. 26 (ANI): Addressing the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) conference here, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that the benefits of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would spillover to the entire region.
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US agrees to be partner country for Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Sept. 17 (ANI): Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal has announced that United States has agreed to be a partner country for the 2017 Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, the Gujarat Government's biennial investors' summit th
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Afghanistan threatens to close transit route for Pak
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 9 (ANI): President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has threatened to close transit route for Pakistan to Central Asian countries as the Wagah port has been closed for the Afghan traders for import and export.
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Hundreds of mills affected in Pak as Afghan reduces flour import
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul, July 17 (ANI): An increase in flour imports from central Asian countries to Afghanistan has led to the closure of hundreds of factories in Pakistan.
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