Kazakhstan's GDP expanded by 4.1 percent in the first half of 2026, Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov said Monday. Reporting to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the country's socio-economic development results in January-June, Bektenov said the manufacturing sector grew by 9.8 percent, while the transport sector expanded by 7.1 percent and construction by 15.2 percent. [....]