Iran and the P-5+1 group have finished talks about Iran's nuclear program after two days of meeting in Kazakhstan, Trend reported Feb. 27, citing Press TV.

A Kazakh military Antonov An-72 aircraft carrying members of Kazakhstan's border service, including acting head Turganbek Stambekov, crashed near Shymkent on Dec. 25, BBC reported.

Vietnam is set to sign an agreement to establish a free trade zone with the countries of the Russia-led Customs Union, The Voice of Russia reported Nov. 7.

Kazakhstan's exports to member states of the Russia-led Customs Union fell in the first eight months of 2012 even as overall foreign trade increased, Tengrinews.kz reported Oct. 18, citing the head of Kazakhstan's statistics agency.

Two Russian citizens were wounded when Kazakh border guards fired on two small boats that had entered Kazakhstan's territorial waters in the Caspian Sea, Tengrinews.kz reported Sept. 27.

Kazakhstan's longest serving prime minister, Karim Masimov, resigned Sept. 23, Reuters reported.

Russian military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will ensure stability in Central Asia after NATO withdraws from Afghanistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said while visiting Kyrgyzstan, RIA Novosti reported Sept. 20.