Kazakhstan - 13 Die at a Border Post - NYTimes.com The scorched remains of 13 bodies have been discovered at a border post that burned down near the Kazakh-Chinese border, an official with the country's border service confirmed Thursday. The bodies of 12 border guards and a local gamekeeper were found Wednesday near the post by Kazakh border troops, said the official, Turganbek Stambekov, a deputy to the director of the country's border guard service, in a statement. At this time of year, 15 soldiers regularly serve at the border post, Mr. Stambekov said, and Kazakh security forces are searching for possible survivors of the fire. An investigation is under way, Mr. Stambekov said, but he offered no further details.