On January twenty-first, the military personnel of the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, formed in 1993, celebrate their professional holiday.
One of the memorable pages in their history is the participation of the Kazbat battalion in Iraq. As part of the stabilization forces, military engineers performed the tasks of searching for and destroying unexploded ordnance, equipping water supply points and purifying water. In total, ten engineering and sapper detachments were involved in the events.
From August 2003 to October 2008, they destroyed more than 4.5 million explosive objects, installed almost 19 km of non-explosive barriers and 617 signal mines, and cleaned about 7,000 cubic meters of water.
Kazbat peacekeepers checked and cleared 9,646 linear meters of the Delta base perimeter from explosive objects, installing 4.5 km of anti-explosive barriers around it.
In addition, they have trained more than 570 specialists in the destruction of explosive objects of various security forces and 12 calculations of military filtration stations for the Iraqi security forces.
In total, 290 servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Iraq visited the Republic of Iraq as part of the coalition forces.
The peacekeeping mission in Iraq has become the first exam for Kazakhstani soldiers at the international level. Their contribution to the cause of peace and security was highly appreciated by foreign experts.
The personnel of the detachment were awarded high government awards for the successful completion of their tasks.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mod/press/news/details/921344