IS Recruiters Target Central Asia

The United Nations estimates that Islamic State and related groups have at least 25,000 foreign fighters from more than 100 countries.  According to data from the U.S. Counterterrorism Center, Islamic State has already recruited hundreds of people from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and more than 1,000 men from Kazakhstan. "Just last week we learned that the chief of Tajikistan's counter-terrorism program, someone highly trained by the United States government, abandoned his post...

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