They note that as soon as the new head of the agency is approved, the special services will begin to return to their core functions.
Sources claim that "the special services will focus on their direct responsibilities: counterintelligence, intelligence, as well as combating extremism and terrorism."
On February 10, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Sadyr Japarov, signed a decree according to which Kamchybek Tashiev was relieved of his duties as Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Committee for National Security.
Jumgalbek Shabdanbekov has been appointed as the acting chairman of the State Committee for National Security by the new decree.
In addition, three deputies of the chairman of the GKNB have been dismissed.
