The United States handed over to Kazakhstan Monday the first of 39 high mobility army vehicles to be delivered to this Central Asian nation as part assistance in fighting terrorism, defense officials said. U.S. Ambassador Larry Napper oversaw the delivery of the Hummer multipurpose vehicle to Kazakhstan\'s Defense Minister Mukhtar Altynbayev. The vehicles are part of an agreement on modernizing Kazakhstan\'s peacekeeping and anti-terrorism forces. The vehicles worth US$2.5 million will be delivered over the next two years on a U.S. government credit. Kazakhstan has backed the U.S.-led anti-terrorism coalition and agreed to provide Almaty international airport for emergency use by coalition aircraft. Cooperation with the anti-terrorism coalition has significantly raised the international profile of Central Asian countries and expanded their military ties with the West. (AP)