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Kazakh president steps up purge of security agency after mass unrest
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev issued shoot-to-kill orders to end unrest he has blamed on bandits and terrorists.
Mon Jan 10 2022
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Kazakhstan detains former national security chief on suspicion of treason
Karim Massimov, who was fired this week as protests raged across the Central Asian country, was detained along with several other officials.
Sat Jan 08 2022