Kazakhstan’s Financial Monitoring Agency has placed blogger Mahmud Hikmatov, known as “Maha.dxb,” on an international wanted list. He is a citizen of Uzbekistan.
Samruk-Energy has cut the time needed to assess coal reserves from 10 days to 20 minutes using artificial intelligence. The company also applies AI to other energy-sector tasks.
Young scientists in Kazakhstan are developing new technologies for producing ferrotitanium. Researchers from the Z. Abishev Chemical and Metallurgical Institute are involved in the project.
Chile’s ambassador to Kazakhstan, Eduardo Escobar, visited Astana and met Deputy Foreign Minister Alibek Kuantyrov. Their talks covered bilateral and multilateral cooperation, including an industrial investment agreement between ME Elecmetal and KAZ Minerals.
A court in Konaev has sentenced the leaders of the Amanat Drive financial pyramid scheme. Shүken K.K. received an eight-year prison term, while Үрәтбек M.S. was sentenced to one year.
Murad Mukushev, Ambassador-at-Large of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took part in a meeting of the Council of National Coordinators of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states.
Nurassyl Medeu, founder of the Kazakh National University of Sports, announced that he was donating the university to the state. The announcement was made at an event on October 17.
Kazakhstan was represented by Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Issagaliyev at the 52nd session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s Council of Foreign Ministers. Delegates discussed international and regional issues.
The opening ceremony of the fifth Asian Para Games was held in Nagoya, Japan, on October 18, 2026. The continental sports event has brought together around 4,000 athletes from 45 Asian countries.
A welfare assessment calculator is now available in Kazakhstan’s eGov Mobile app. The move to targeted provision of selected government support measures will begin on January 1, 2027.
Kazakhstan has received observer status in the Alliance for the Protection of Asian Cultural Heritage. The council’s fourth meeting was held in Hangzhou, China.
A clean-up was held in a park on the shore of Lake Shalkar as part of the Taza Kazakhstan campaign. District akim Kairat Aksholak and staff from district departments and institutions took part.
Abdul Karim Fateh, head of Afghanistan’s railway authority, attended the 14th regional meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization in Astana. Discussions covered rail projects and ways to expand freight transport.
The Khoja Ahmed Yasawi School in Nurdagi, Gaziantep Province, Türkiye, welcomed its first students on September 14. The school was built with funding from Samruk-Kazyna.
A 7,700-metre irrigation canal between the villages of Peronz and Diwi has opened in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province. Construction began in 2023 and was completed in 2026.
Daniyar Takhanov has been appointed mayor of Atyrau. His candidacy was agreed with the Administration of the President of Kazakhstan and city maslikhat deputies.
Construction has begun on the Yata Uruq al-Mar dam and canal in Afghanistan’s Faryab province. The project aims to store surface water, replenish groundwater and support sustainable agriculture.
Investment income for depositors in Kazakhstan exceeded 2.8 trillion tenge over 12 months. It is generated by managing pension assets through the National Bank and private investment portfolio managers.
Four people were arrested on suspicion of stealing 2.96 million afghanis from a money changer’s shop in Afghanistan’s Farah province. Two were detained in Herat and two in Farah.
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