On the eve of May 7, Defender of the Fatherland Day, a meeting with a veteran of the Afghan war, fellow countryman Yeriyazov Alimzhan Kanagatovich took place at the Kazaly Transport and Technical Higher College. Major General A. Kanagatovich was born on April 9, 1955, in Kazaly district of Kyzylorda region. He graduated from the Almaty Higher Combined Arms Command School (1977), the M. V. Frunze Military Academy in Moscow (1987), and the Higher Academic Courses of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (2001). Cadet of the Almaty Higher Combined Arms Command School (1973-1977), commander of the motorized rifle platoon of the EO of Central Asia, commander of the machine gun platoon, commander of the combined arms motorized rifle platoon, company commander, commander of the motorized rifle company of the EO of Central Asia, deputy battalion commander-Chief of Staff.

The detective of the Military Academy named after M. V. Frunze (1979-1987), commander of the Central Battalion, military Commissar of the city of Balkhash, Zhezkazgan region, commander of the regiment of the storage base, Deputy division commander, head of the storage base, head of the Main Directorate of the Arsenal and Armament Base of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Deputy Head of the Guards Training Center of the Land Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan-head of the department, head of the training center, a senior national representative in the coordination the center of the coalition of the Central Committee of the US Armed Forces (1977-2006), Deputy Commander of the troops of the Regional Command "West", First Deputy - Chief of Staff, Commander, subordinate to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2006-2009), since August 2009, Chief Inspector of the Main Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 1980-1981, he participated in the Afghan War, and was awarded the orders of "Kyzyl Zhuldyz", III degree "For services to the Fatherland". During the event, our young teenagers asked topical questions to A. Kanagatovich, exchanged opinions and received the necessary information. At the end of the evening, the director of the college B. Akhmetov presented a gift to the first general from Kazaly.