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Welcome to the daily news thread for 3 October.
Day 222 (Richie Benaud day?) of #Ukraine's defence of its homeland against the full scale invasion by Putin's #Russia
For a catch up on yesterday's here's the start of Sunday's thread for you to scroll thru:
Day 222 (Richie Benaud day?) of #Ukraine's defence of its homeland against the full scale invasion by Putin's #Russia
For a catch up on yesterday's here's the start of Sunday's thread for you to scroll thru:
Yesterday I wrote about two horrific and needless land mine tragedies & already two more today in #Kharkiv oblast.
Regional Gov Oleh Synyehubov says an ambulance driver was killed and a paramedic injured near #Balakliia, while another 26yo man was wounded in a separate incident.
Regional Gov Oleh Synyehubov says an ambulance driver was killed and a paramedic injured near #Balakliia, while another 26yo man was wounded in a separate incident.
1. My #SamarkandSummit orientalist🧵on its toponym and etymology. Incorrect is #Wikipedia's #Samarkand etymon entry and false analogy to #Tashkent. Both #Samarkand, like neighbouring #Bukhara, remain extensively debated in eastern #MiddleIranian #philology.
2. #Samarkand, contra #Wikipedia, is not 'stone city'. The first element /sm’r/ remains unexplained. On #Sogdian sm’rknδh [Ancient Letters], cf. Chin. Samojian 颯秣建 Gr. Μαρακάνδοι, scholarly consensus exists only on second compound, #Sogdian 'town, city'.
3. #Sogdian knδh 'town, city' > #Christian #Sogdian qθ; /sm’r/ element unmentioned in Gharib 1995 [Sogdian #Dictionary], @iranicaonline, or EI2 [Enc. of #Islam) entries. See @Brill_ME_Africa EI2, VIII/1995: 1031-032, s.v. #Samarkand Schaeder (rev. Bosworth). 
The #UN has approved the construction of a Center for Sustainable Development Goals for #CentralAsia and #Afghanistan in Almaty
On August 19, the XVII meeting of the secretaries of the Security Councils of the #SCO member states took place in #Tashkent.
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On August 19, the XVII meeting of the secretaries of the Security Councils of the #SCO member states took place in #Tashkent.
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In addition to the exchange of views on countering terrorism and organized crime, it was noted that in order to preserve peace and security in the SCO region, it is necessary to resolve the situation in Afghanistan as soon as possible.
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The participants called for the establishment of this country as an independent, unified, democratic and peaceful State, free from terrorism, war and drugs.
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🇺🇿#Uzbekistan 🇦🇫#Afghanistan 🇵🇰#Pakistan #Tashkent #WorldBank #Funding
The World Bank has expressed its willingness to assist in the implementation of the historic Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar railway project, according to the Uzbek government.
The World Bank has expressed its willingness to assist in the implementation of the historic Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar railway project, according to the Uzbek government.
Following talks with a World Bank delegation led by Anna Bjerde, the banks vice president for Europe and Central Asia, the Uzbek Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade said that other international financial institutions would be invited to participate in the strategic project.
Following trilateral talks in Tashkent earlier this year, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan signed a roadmap for the construction of a rail connection.
#Uzbekistan #Tashkent #Coronavirus
Uzbekistans goverment says that, as of October 1, it will lift a ban on foreign flights to and from the Central Asian country.
Uzbekistans goverment says that, as of October 1, it will lift a ban on foreign flights to and from the Central Asian country.
On 17 September, the Government Commission declared that the country will be open to foreign visitors on condition that they comply with the regulations imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Because of the outbreak, Uzbekistan shut its borders and suspended transport ties with other countries in mid-March. Only charter flights and special trains were in use and were used to repatriate foreigners who had been stranded in Uzbekistan.
