Even though he spent five years in Tajik prisons as a teenager, she said he never exhibited signs of violent extremism.
“We need to understand — who is recruiting young Tajiks, why do they want to highlight us as a nation of terrorists?” said the mother, Muyassar Zargarova.
Many governments and terrorism experts are asking the same question.
Tajik adherents of the Islamic State — especially within its affiliate in Afghanistan known as the Islamic State Khorasan Province (I.S.K.P.
ISIS-K is believed to have several thousand soldiers, with Tajiks constituting more than half, experts said.
Persons:
”, Muyassar
Organizations:
Islamic
Locations:
Moscow, Tajikistan, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Khorasan Province, Russia, Iran, Turkey, Europe