On February 15, 2023, an event dedicated to the day of withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan was held in Taldykorgan with the participation of Deputy Abibekov Bauyrzhan Bakytovich. The event began with the ceremony of laying flowers at the monument" Zhetysu for the victims of the Afghan war". The ceremony was performed by two Afghan war veterans. The opening remarks of the event dedicated to the memory of our compatriots who died in the war of azaly were given to the head of the Department of defense of Zhetysu region, Colonel Sagynbekov Aidyn Aitbayuly and the chairman of the board of the central headquarters of Veterans of the Afghan war of Zhetysu region Bauyrzhan Barlybayev. During the concert, deputy of Taldykorgan Bauyrzhan Bakytovich Abibekov made a welcoming speech and awarded letters of thanks to veterans of the Afghan war. In the concert program dedicated to the solemn event, singers and dancers of the folk, folk-ethnographic song and dance ensemble "Taldykorgan auenderi", singers of the military unit No. 18404 of Taldykorgan demonstrated their skills to the audience.