Khomiddin Sharipov
Khomiddin Sharipov is the Interior Minister of Tajikistan.[1]
Minister Sharipov fired ten heads of southern district police departments on 4 March 2001 after Tajik-Afghan border police failed to stop cross-border drug trafficking.[2]
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Islamic terrorists set off a car bomb outside of the Emergencies Ministry killing two people on 31 December 2005. Sharipov said, "We do not have any theories... We don't know what caused the blast."[3]
On 17 April 2006 Sharipov announced that the Tajik Government had arrested four members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and were searching for two more IMU members responsible for the 2005 terrorist bombings in Dushanbe.[4] Sharipov announced on 17 July that the government had arrested ten more IMU members in Khujand, three of whom are citizens of Uzbekistan, on 14–15 July. He said, "As far as we know the movement members who are being detained in Tajikistan are trained in Afghanistan and sent to Uzbekistan where they cross the border to Tajiksitan, often illegally. The detained Uzbek nationals are wanted in their country for attempting or committing terrorist acts."[1][5]
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References
- 1 2 Tajikistan Detains 10 Suspected IMU Members RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
- ↑ Ten Tajik Police Heads Dismissed for Negligence Uzbek World
- ↑ Details Still Unclear About Tajik Car Bombing The Chechen Times
- ↑ Tajikistan Identifies IMU Suspects In 2005 Blasts RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
- ↑ Tajikistan: Ten Suspected Members Of Islamic Terror Group Detained Western Resistance