The United Nations Development Programme supported the preparation of Turkmenistan’s digital economy development concept and state programme for 2026–2028. Projects include a pilot electronic equivalent of the SMGS railway consignment note.
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan discussed expanding cooperation on environmental protection. Kazakhstan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources A. Kuantyrov took part in the meeting.
Shavkat Mirziyoyev met Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev to discuss Uzbekistan’s first integrated nuclear power plant. They also considered plans for supporting infrastructure and a town for nuclear industry workers.
Julie Stafft, the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kazakhstan, congratulated forestry workers on their professional holiday. She noted the importance of their work in protecting nature and the country’s forest resources.
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang visited the alem.ai international artificial intelligence center in Astana for the first time on October 23. He was presented with Kazakhstan’s strategy for developing a global Physical AI hub.
As of September 1, 2025, net investment income accumulated since pension assets were consolidated in the Unified Accumulative Pension Fund in 2014 amounted to 14.64 trillion tenge.
Ghulam Haider Shahamat, head of Afghanistan’s Technical and Vocational Education Authority, has left for Malaysia and Indonesia with a delegation. The authority’s head of foreign relations, Ahmad Nabi Nael, is also taking part.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received Chinese Premier Li Qiang on October 19. Li is visiting Tajikistan officially and will attend the SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting.
Some 365,553 citizens received targeted savings worth about $76.11 million under Kazakhstan’s National Fund for Children programme. The figures cover the period from February 1, 2024, to September 1, 2026.
Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon met heads of delegations from Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states in Dushanbe on October 20. They were in the city to attend the Council of Heads of Government meeting.
Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed work at the Imam Maturidi memorial complex in Samarkand. A mosque was built, two mausoleums were restored, and a research centre and museum were established.
Work has begun on a protective wall around the historic Imamzadeh Yahya ibn Zayd Shahid Shrine in Afghanistan’s Sar-e Pol Province. The project is estimated to cost more than AFN 300,000.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi. They discussed trade and joint projects in industry, transport, energy and other sectors.
Afghanistan’s public health minister met a Russian delegation and representatives of the Russian Embassy. They discussed training medical professionals and exchanging expertise.
A total of 338,252 beneficiaries received targeted savings under the National Fund for Children programme. From the start of 2026 through August 1, 142,855 citizens received $36.53 each.
The National Archive of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Central State Archive of the Republic of Kazakhstan have been granted national status under a decree signed by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
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