Workers during restoration work on the fire-damaged Akimat building in Almaty. File photoNUR-SULTAN, Jan 15 The red level of terrorist threat remains in Alma-Ata, Alma-Ata and Zhambyl regions of Kazakhstan, the anti-terrorist operation is ongoing here, the press service of the Committee of the National security. Earlier on Thursday, the republican operational headquarters for combating terrorism announced the completion of the anti-terrorist operation and the abolition of the critical «red» level of terrorist threat in 14 regions of Kazakhstan, including Nur-Sultan.
The state of emergency will be canceled in Aktobe region of Kazakhstan terrorist threat in the North Kazakhstan region and in the city of Balkhash, Karaganda region for a period of 14 days, in the Pavlodar region — for 10 days and in the Akmola region — until further notice. -Kazakhstan region for 14 days, high «orange» level — from January 13 in Nur-Sultan and from January 14 in Shymkent for a period of 14 days. «/>All planes with CSTO peacekeepers returned from Kazakhstan to Russia Later, the protests spread to other cities, including Alma-Ata, the old capital and the largest city of the republic: looting began there, militants attacked state institutions, took away weapons. In response, the authorities declared a state of emergency throughout the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorism operation. According to the UN, during the protests in Kazakhstan, about 1,000 people were injured. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 17 Kazakh security officials were killed, more than 1.3 thousand were injured. On the morning of January 5, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the Security Council. At the first meeting of the Security Council under his leadership, Tokayev described the situation in Kazakhstan as undermining the integrity of the state and said that he had asked for help from the CSTO «in overcoming the terrorist threat.» The CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan to normalize the situation in the country. On January 7, Tokayev said that the terrorists, including those who had arrived from abroad, continued to resist, and promised to destroy those who did not lay down their arms. In addition, the president noted that all the demands of citizens, expressed in peaceful forms, were heard. On Thursday, January 13, the successful completion of the CSTO mission was announced, now the peacekeepers are returning from Kazakhstan.
The state of emergency will be canceled in the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan
