Lingering trauma impact of Timor-Leste's violent past
| Publisher | IRIN |
| Publication Date | 30 June 2014 |
| Cite as | IRIN, Lingering trauma impact of Timor-Leste's violent past, 30 June 2014, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/53b281104.html [accessed 18 May 2023] |
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June 09, 2014
By RFE/RL's Tajik Service
Afghan media reports say that police in the northern province of Kunduz have detained two Taliban fighters from neighboring Tajikistan.
A Kunduz police official, Said Sarwar Hussaini, told RFE/RL on June 9 that the two men, who were identified only as Komil and Umar, had been captured overnight by local security forces.
According to Hussaini, the two confessed to being ethnic Uzbeks from Tajikistan who had arrived in Afghanistan from Russia.
A third Taliban fighter, who had accompanied the two Uzbeks, was from Pakistan. He blew himself up after refusing to surrender.
Last week, Tajik authorities said that a Tajik citizen was arrested while trying to illegally cross the Tajik-Afghan border with the intention of joining Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
