Sunday, 28 April 2002

KAZAKH MILITARY TO PARTICIPATE IN OPERATION \'ENDURING FREEDOM\'

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A general and two other senior Kazakh military officers will join the U.S.-based coalition staff coordinating the antiterrorism operation \"Enduring Freedom\" in Afghanistan, Defense Minister Colonel General Mukhtar Altynbaev told journalists in Astana on 28 April following talks earlier that day between President Nursultan Nazarbaev and U.
A general and two other senior Kazakh military officers will join the U.S.-based coalition staff coordinating the antiterrorism operation \"Enduring Freedom\" in Afghanistan, Defense Minister Colonel General Mukhtar Altynbaev told journalists in Astana on 28 April following talks earlier that day between President Nursultan Nazarbaev and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Altynbaev also confirmed that Kazakhstan will place three military airfields – at Chimkent, Lugovoi, and Almaty -- at the disposition of the antiterrorism coalition for use in \"emergency situations.\" (ITAR-TASS)
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