May 6, 2021 History witnesses By odb-abai inNews On the eve of Defender of the Fatherland Day, the library hosted an online meeting with a police colonel, participant in the Afghan war, assistant head of the Karaganda Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan named after B. Beisenov, Toktabekov Sergali Zhumagululy. Sergali Zhumagululy was drafted into the army in 1986. Served as deputy commander of a motorized rifle platoon in the Porvan province of Afghanistan. Now the police colonel works at the Karaganda Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan as an assistant to the head of the academy for combat units. During the dialogue, S. Toktabekov told about himself, his life path, how he became a participant in hostilities. At the end of the event, our guest called on the young generation to love their Motherland, to protect it from the enemy, to be patriots of their country.