What about Kazakhstan vs Kazakstan?

[Jolanta M. Davis]

Further on the topic of changes in spelling the names of countries -- can
anyone explain why the Kazaks seem to prefer that the name of their country
be spelled "Kazakstan" instead of "Kazakhstan"? (I was working previously
for an international aid organization and the organization's regional staff
placed in Kazakstan was asked to tell the publications office to remove "h"
from the country's name in all reports discussing the projects in that
country). But I still don't know why.

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