ASTANA -- The Kazakhstani National Security Committee (KNB) has prevented 27 terrorist acts since 2013, according to the draft document outlining plans for the government's 2017-2020 counter-terrorism programme. The government issued the draft Wednesday (February 8).
The KNB prevented eight terrorist attacks in 2013, three in 2014, four in 2015 and 12 in 2016, according to the document.
It also stopped 546 Kazakhstanis from travelling to war zones like Syria and Iraq, according to the document.
During that time span, 79 Kazakhstanis returned, either voluntarily or against their will, from terrorist training camps and other terrorist sites abroad, according to the KNB. Thirty-four of them were prosecuted in connection with charges of terrorism.
