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

A suspected Islamist attacker kills seven people in the southern Kazakh city of Taraz before blowing himself up.
2011-11-12

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

Three Russian satellites fail to achieve orbit after launch from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome; experts suggest they probably crashed into the Pacific Ocean.
2010-12-5

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

As a result of popular protests in the north and capital of the country President Kurmanbek Bakiyev officially resigns after he leaves Kyrgyzstan for Kazakhstan.
2010-04-16