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BISHKEK (TCA) — Central Asian countries may face a growing threat of terrorism, largely caused by the Islamic State’s shift in focus toward Afghanistan and the repressive policies of Central Asia’s authoritarian regimes. We are republishing this article on the issue, written by Ashley Scarfo: Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — The militants of the Islamic State terrorist group have gone underground in Afghanistan, with the size of the organization's sleeper cells in the country currently amounting to less than 10,000, Mohammad Mohaqiq, the second deputy chief executive of Afghanistan, told Russia’s Sputnik news agency. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s top diplomat says 25 people have been killed in a recent prison riot in the city of Khujand in the first public comment by Tajik authorities about the violence in the country’s north, RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The main surviving suspect in an attack that killed four foreign cyclists on a mountain road in Tajikistan in July has been convicted of "murder with extreme violence" and other crimes and sentenced to life in prison, participants in the closed-door trial say, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The top U.S. diplomat in Tajikistan has met with officials from the Prosecutor General's Office and the Foreign Ministry to discuss deadly unrest at a prison in the northern city of Khujand, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — A 22-year-old English-language teacher, his four students, and five other young men have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms on terrorism charges in Tajikistan, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported. Continue reading
