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Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov (L) and Afghanistan Minister of Foreign Affairs Zalman Rasoul (R)
Kazakhstan Foreign Minister met with his Afghan counterpart

Head of Afghanistan Foreign Ministry arrived in Astana for participation in the 12th meeting of the international contact group on Afghanistan issues.

Kazakhstan Foreign Minister met with his Afghan counterpart
U.S.Embassy in Kazakhstan. Photo by  Danial Okassov©
Kazakhstan increased check points for special cargoes from U.S. to Afghanistan

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed changes to the respective Treaty between Kazakhstan and the U.S..

Kazakhstan increased check points for special cargoes from U.S. to Afghanistan
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Afghan heroin trafficking via Kazakhstan decreased

Kazakhstan Interior Ministry commented on the situation with Afghan heroin trafficking via Kazakhstan.

Afghan heroin trafficking via Kazakhstan decreased
Military in Afghanistan. ©REUTERS/Ahmad Nadeem
Expert: Kazakhstan underestimates Talibs' threat

Central Asian countries underestimate the situation that could unfold in Afghanistan by 2014 after withdrawal of American troops: Expert.

Expert: Kazakhstan underestimates Talibs' threat
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200 militants of Kazakhstan Jamoat fight in Afghanistan

About 200 Kazakhstan Jamoat militants fight at the Afghan territory as a part of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.

200 militants of Kazakhstan Jamoat fight in Afghanistan
Kazakhstan might unite waring parties of Afghanistan

Unification policies are Kazakhstan's calling card and Astana is most likely to try uniting Afghan local conflicting parties and act as a mediator.

Kazakhstan might unite waring parties of Afghanistan
Kazakhstan allowed France military transit to Afghanistan

The coal of the agreement is to strengthen Kazakhstan’s role in the international effort to stabilize and restore Afghanistan.

Kazakhstan allowed France military transit to Afghanistan
The meeting with U.S. Special Representative M.Grossman. Photo courtesy of flickr.com
Massimov met US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

They discussed bilateral cooperation in the framework of international organizations.

Massimov met US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Kazakhstan does not pose a terrorist threat: Marc Grossman, US Special Representative

US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan has arrived to Astana. He discussed the much talked-of inclusion of Kazakhstan into the specially designated countries list with Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister.

Kazakhstan does not pose a terrorist threat: Marc Grossman, US Special Representative
Press-conference of public associations of veterans and disabled of Afghanistan war. ©Galima Gabdullina
112 thousand Kazakhstan residents signed against sending officers to Afghanistan

112 thousand signatures were collected in Kazakhstan against sending Kazakh officers to Afghanistan.

112 thousand Kazakhstan residents signed against sending officers to Afghanistan
REUTERS/ Mukhtar Kholdorbekov
Kazakhstan’s Parliament closes its 4th session today

In September Kazakhstan’s Parliament will detailedly consider the draft resolution to send military engineers to Afghanistan: Majilis Speaker Ural Mukhamdzhanov.

Kazakhstan’s Parliament closes its 4th session today
President Nazarbayev suggests working group within OIC to render assistance to Afghanistan

According to the President, the Organization doesn't use to the full its capabilities to tackle drug dealing in this country.

President Nazarbayev suggests working group within OIC to render assistance to Afghanistan
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When dismissing agreement with NATO, the Senate took into account public opinion: Senate Speaker

However, Kazakhstan has been rendering and will be rendering humanitarian aid to the Afghan people, he said.

When dismissing agreement with NATO, the Senate took into account public opinion: Senate Speaker
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Kazakhstan will not ratify the agreement with NATO

June 9 the Kazakh Senate refused to ratify the agreement, saying that such issues should be considered at joint sessions. However, at a joint session June 20 the issue was not on the agenda.

Kazakhstan will not ratify the agreement with NATO
Yermukhamet Yertysbayev. By Yaroslav Radlovsky©
Yertysbayev does not understand the Senate's decision to reject draft law on Afghanistan

Yertysbayev thinks that the Senate's decision to dismiss the draft resolution to send troops to Afghanistan does not contradict general directions of Kazakhstan's current policy.

Yertysbayev does not understand the Senate's decision to reject draft law on Afghanistan
Flags of SCO member-states. ©RIA Novosti
India to discuss energy transit from Central Asia at SCO summit

India to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, countering terrorism and transit of freighters and energy carriers between Central Asia and India at the coming SCO summit.

India to discuss energy transit from Central Asia at SCO summit
President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai and President of Russia Dmitry medvedev. ©RIA Novosti
Medvedev and Karzai will meet for talks in Astana

Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev will hold negotiations with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai on the sidelines of the SCO summit.

Medvedev and Karzai will meet for talks in Astana
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Taliban might be a threat to Kazakhstan in future

Afghan politician Ahmad Wali Massoud gave his opinion about Taliban being a future threat to Kazakhstan.

Taliban might be a threat to Kazakhstan in future
Senate. Photo courtesy of parlam.kz
Kazakhstan Senate dismissed the draft law to send troops to Afghanistan

We should focus on a peace mission: member of the Senate Commission for International Affairs, Defense and Security of Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan Senate dismissed the draft law to send troops to Afghanistan
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Taliban did not threaten Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan’s Parliament failed to specify at the outset that they are sending doctors and military doctors, rather than troops. That is exactly why the IEA responded this way. In no way was it a threat: IEA.

Taliban did not threaten Kazakhstan