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Kazakhstan removes the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations.
2024-06-3

At least 9 people are killed and more than 80 injured by an explosion at a military compound in southern Kazakhstan. The fire was caused by a fire at the ammunition depot.
2021-08-26

Kazakhstan formally abolishes the death penalty, making a two-decade freeze on executions permanent, according to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
2021-01-2

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe reports that the voters in the presidential elections in Kazakhstan had a limited choice due to the lack of opposition and restrictions on free political expression. Kazakhstan's freshly re-elected president has been ruling the country since the time of the Soviet Union.
2015-04-27

A Soyuz-U rocket carrying a new Egyptian communication satellite, EgyptSat-2, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
2014-04-16

Kazakh opposition leader Vladimir Kozlov will face seven-and-a-half years in jail on charges relating to causing the 2011 Mangystau riots in Zhanaozen, Mangystau Province.
2012-11-20

A Soyuz space capsule containing Oleg Kononenko (Russia), André Kuipers (Netherlands) and Don Pettit (United States) lands safely in Kazakhstan.
2012-07-1

Unrest in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, spreads as a train is burnt; one person is shot dead and 11 injured.
2011-12-18

The Taliban warn that Kazakhstan's decision to send troops to Afghanistan will have "severe consequences".
2011-05-22

The Khan Shatyry Entertainment Center, which features the tallest tent in the world, opens to the public in Astana, Kazakhstan.
2010-07-6