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| Officials say up to 1000 Tajiks have joined Daesh | ||
| 2016-01-26 | ||
| [RFE/RL] Tajik authorities say up to 1,000 nationals have joined Daesh militants in Syria and Iraq, doubling the figure that officials previously provided. Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda said that 61 Tajiks had returned from Syria and Iraq, while 148 had been killed in fighting there. Earlier, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon said 21 college students were among Tajik nationals who joined Daesh. Rahmon said mosques and other Islamic institutions both at home and abroad play a role in recruiting people to extremist groups. Rahimzoda also said Tajik Colonel Gulmurod Halimov, who had joined the Daesh last year, has since been seriously wounded twice.
Halimov, former commander of the Interior Ministry's special forces had confirmed in a video that he joined the militant group. | ||
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