Pakistan hands over alleged Tajik extremist to Dushanbe
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Publication Date | 4 February 2015 |
| Cite as | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Pakistan hands over alleged Tajik extremist to Dushanbe, 4 February 2015, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/54e1a4bde.html [accessed 4 June 2023] |
| Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
February 04, 2015
By RFE/RL's Tajik Service
DUSHANBE – Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency has handed over an alleged leader of a banned Islamic group to Tajikistan.
The deputy chairman of Tajikistan's State Committee for National Security, Mansur Umarov, told parliament on February 4 that ISI had transferred one of the leaders of Jamaat Ansarullah, Tajik national Kamariddin Ahrorov, to Tajik authorities.
Jamaat Ansarullah is a militant group considered to be Tajikistan's branch of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).
Umarov did not specify the date of the transfer. He claimed members of the group were planning terrorist attacks in Tajikistan's territory.
In November, the mainly Muslim Central Asian state announced the arrest of 12 members of Jamaat Ansarullah on suspicion of enlisting people to join Islamist militants in Syria.
Jamaat Ansarullah has been banned in Tajikistan in 2012.
Link to original story on RFE/RL website
