Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, three countries in Central Asia, were facing massive power cuts on Tuesday, January 25, AFP correspondents noted.
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Much of Almaty, Kazakhstan's economic capital, was without power, as were Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent and Kyrgyzstan's Bishkek.
A spokesman for the Kyrgyz Ministry of Energy told AFP that the cuts were due to "
an accident affecting the regional energy network
".
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