National Guard of Kazakhstan
The National Guard of the Republic of Kazakhstan (, Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Ūlttyq ūlany, ) is the internal military force of Kazakhstan. The National Guard performs the military and civilian functions of the Internal Troops of Kazakhstan, which it succeeded. The National Guard often cooperates in unison with many local Kazakh police departments. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan is the main government agency responsible for the management of the National Guard. The National Guard shares some of the same goals and functions as its predecessor, the Internal Troops: Provide security to important cargo and corrective institutions Maintain of a social order and a state of alertness during national emergencies such as natural disasters Dismantle illegal armed formations Prevent terrorist and/or illegal formations from being assembled in the boundaries of Kazakhstan History The Internal Troops of Kazakhstan, which is the precursor to the present-day National Guard, was formed by order of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on January 10, 1992. On April 21, 2014, by a Presidential Decree, the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan were transformed into the National Guard of Kazakhstan. This was done as part of the government's new doctrine in relation