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Afghanistan-Kazakhstan relations
![Kazakh President Explains Decision to Take Taliban off Terrorist List Kazakh President Explains Decision to Take Taliban off Terrorist List](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-05-150859.jpg)
Kazakh President Explains Decision to Take Taliban off Terrorist List
By Catherine Putz
The decision was announced back in December, but recently Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev remarked that it was made with “the understanding that this regime is a long-term factor.”
![Kazakhstan’s Evolving Afghanistan Policy Kazakhstan’s Evolving Afghanistan Policy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-23-151019.jpg)
Kazakhstan’s Evolving Afghanistan Policy
By Aziza Mukhammedova
Afghanistan’s market and its position as a trade route that can connect Central Asia to South Asian ports are critically important to Kazakhstan.
![Kazakhstan and Afghanistan Seek to Realign Bilateral Ties Kazakhstan and Afghanistan Seek to Realign Bilateral Ties](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-30-135803.jpg)
Kazakhstan and Afghanistan Seek to Realign Bilateral Ties
By Sophia Nina Burna-Asefi
For Kazakhstan, supporting economic development along the north-south axis would see Afghanistan becoming a bridge, not a barrier.
![How Do Central Asians View the Taliban? How Do Central Asians View the Taliban?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-10-05-9.jpg)
How Do Central Asians View the Taliban?
By Catherine Putz
Phone survey work in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in August and September underscores general discomfort with the topic of Afghanistan.
![After US Withdrawal From Afghanistan, What Role Will Kazakhstan Play? After US Withdrawal From Afghanistan, What Role Will Kazakhstan Play?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-03-16-6.jpg)
After US Withdrawal From Afghanistan, What Role Will Kazakhstan Play?
By Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
As the U.S. prepares to leave Afghanistan, is it Kazakhstan’s time to shine?
![Central Asia Opens the Door to Afghanistan Central Asia Opens the Door to Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-mirziyoyev-and-ghani.jpg)
Central Asia Opens the Door to Afghanistan
By James Durso
Central Asia is actively engaging Afghanistan on several fronts, but it will take discipline to realize those plans.
![Central Asian States Step Up Afghan Diplomacy Central Asian States Step Up Afghan Diplomacy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-01-15-s-council-afghanistan.jpg)
Central Asian States Step Up Afghan Diplomacy
By Catherine Putz
Led by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Central Asia is taking a more active role in engaging with Afghanistan.
![Will Kazakhstan Be a Game-Changer in Afghanistan? Will Kazakhstan Be a Game-Changer in Afghanistan?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-11-23_21-42-50.jpg)
Will Kazakhstan Be a Game-Changer in Afghanistan?
By Catherine Putz
Over the weekend Ashraf Ghani paid a visit to Astana and talked security and economics.
![Rising to the Afghanistan Challenge Rising to the Afghanistan Challenge](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-04_00-27-47.jpg)
Rising to the Afghanistan Challenge
By Timur Urazayev
The international community should not lose focus on assisting Afghans in rebuilding their country.
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