Tajik man emerges in Afghanistan as leader of Islamic State unit of central Asian fighters
A little-known, 31-year-old Tajik man who grew up in a Dushanbe suburb has emerged as a unit leader of the Islamic State (IS) affiliate in...
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Nationals of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan lead splintered terrorist groups
Central Asian countries assess that their primary terrorist threat comes from their nationals who have travelled to the Syrian Arab Republic, Iraq and, to a...
The growing Islamic State threat in Central Asia
During a recent visit to Tajikistan, Russian Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov claimed that around 5,000 militants based in Afghanistan from a group known...
Russian FSB plane arrived in Tajikistan after riot of convicted Islamic State supporters
The Il-96-400VPU aircraft of the Russian Federal Security Service landed in Dushanbe yesterday. According to telegram channel Militarist, "there is an opinion that this is...
Dozens killed as knife-wielding ISIS convicts take hostages and start riot in Tajikistan prison
Convicted Islamic State militants started a riot at a high-security prison in Tajikistan, in which several guards and dozens of inmates were killed. Local authorities...
Over 80 kids born to ISIS terrorists repatriated from Iraq to Tajikistan
The ministry announced in a statement released on Wednesday that eighty-four children, all Tajik citizens, were "forced to join the ranks" of militant groups after...
Tajikistan repatriates dozens of Islamic State children from Iraq
Tajikistan has repatriated 84 minors from Iraq, where their Tajik mothers have been imprisoned under charges of belonging to the extremist group Islamic state (IS)...