Documents bilateral and multilateral defence relationships, including agreements, military assistance, exercises and training exchanges. Shows who is involved, when cooperation was recorded and what was signed, announced or reported as carried out.
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Indian contingent departs for KAZIND 2026
AnnouncedOfficial report
India’s MoD announced a 60-person contingent’s departure for the exercise at Oskemen.
Details and sources
The source schedules 28 September–11 October and a matching Kazakh contingent. Departure and plans do not establish completed exercise activity.
Kazakhstan hosted forces from Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan for a joint exercise in Mangistau.
Details and sources
MoD reported around 4,000 participants and up to 700 equipment units across the exercise. These are multinational exercise figures, not Kazakhstan’s inventory.
UNDOF report date; ceremony day not separately stated
UNDOF reserve-company authority transferred
ReportedOfficial report
UNDOF reported the Irish contingent handed Force Reserve Company responsibility to Kazakhstan at Camp Faouar.
Details and sources
The mission’s dated report confirms transfer of authority, adding an operational milestone after the February memorandum. It does not separately state the ceremony’s calendar date.
Event date stated retrospectively by the named primary source
First bi-service KAZIND completed
Completion reportedOfficial report
India’s foreign ministry records KAZIND-2023 at Otar from 30 October to 11 November with air-force participation.
Details and sources
The July 2024 bilateral brief retrospectively confirms the exercise was held and describes the first participation of both air forces and Kazakhstan’s Air Assault Forces.
Kazakhstan’s MoD reported that the last CSTO personnel left Almaty on 19 January.
Details and sources
The ministry reports withdrawal began on 13 January, after the January deployment. Its political characterisation of the unrest is not adopted as an independently verified finding.
Arrival date, not later publication or flag-raising date
First Kazakh contingent joins UNIFIL
ReportedOfficial report
UNIFIL recorded the arrival of 120 Kazakh peacekeepers to serve with the Indian Battalion.
Details and sources
The UN’s 2 November report explicitly dates arrival to 31 October. This was service within the Indian battalion, distinct from the independent UNDOF contingent in 2024.
Dated developments cover 1991–2026. Ministry programme-budget observations cover 1997–2026; SIPRI separately covers 1994–2025. Personnel estimates, spending ratios and historical Kazakhstan Engineering group financial measures have their own indicators. Transfers and conflicting government returns are attributed, not summed into a current inventory. Group industry figures include civilian and dual-use business. Budget coverage changes, intermediate amendments and unknown dates remain in source details. This is a selected reference, not a complete inventory or readiness assessment.
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This is a curated public-source reference, not a complete inventory. Each record identifies an event or publication date, implementation stage and evidence type; the detail explains which date is known. An official report establishes what the issuer said; a contract does not establish delivery, and delivery does not establish readiness. Unknown quantities remain unknown. Records count publications or developments, not weapons, personnel or military strength.
Official report
The issuing institution reports the event or figure; this is not independent corroboration.
Independently corroborated
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Estimate
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Unresolved
The available evidence does not establish the specific point.